Zechariah 11:9
And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which + 11:9 Or, fails.falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.
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Deuteronomy 28:53And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy + 28:53 Gr. belly.body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.
Isaiah 9:19But one shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.
Jeremiah 15:2And it shall be, if they say to thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.
Jeremiah 23:33And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then thou shalt say to them, Ye are the burden, and I will dash you down, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 43:11And Michæas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words of the Lord, out of the book.
Zechariah 13:8And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.
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 →