Zechariah 11:16
For, 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 dislocate the joints of their necks.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
15And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd’s implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
Isaiah 40:11He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young.
Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had hearkened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.
Ezekiel 34:10thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat for them.
Ezekiel 34:21Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:16-17
Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm… Read the whole commentary →