Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd's implements belonging to an unskilful shepherd.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

In Context

14And I cast away my second rod, even Line, that I might break the + 11:14 Compare Heb. Alex. διαθήκην covenant.possession between Juda and Israel.

16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall + 11:16 Or, wring their necks.dislocate the joints of their necks.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10+ 6:10 Mat. 13. 15; Mark 4. 12. For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Jeremiah 23:1Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

Ezekiel 13:3Thus saith the Lord, Woe to them that prophesy out of their own heart, and who see nothing at all.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:5-15

Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 4 Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord ; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord : but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not… Read the whole commentary →

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