Zechariah 11:8

And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall + 11:8 Or, be sorely displeased with them. Gr. be weighed down upon them. grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

In Context

7And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.

9And 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 neighbor.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;

Leviticus 26:44And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break my covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God.

Psalms 78:9Help us, O God our Saviour; for the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful to our sins, for your name's sake. 1

Isaiah 49:7Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you.

Jeremiah 14:21Refrain for your name's sake, destroy not the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.

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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