Zechariah 11:4
Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 40:9O thou that bringest glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up thy voice with strength, thou that bringest glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, even my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd;
Zechariah 11:7And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Canaan: 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.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:2-4
Destruction of the Jewish State. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. 3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great… Read the whole commentary →