Zechariah 11:8

And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 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.

9And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which 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.

1 Kings 11:25this is the mischief which Hadad did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom.

Psalms 78:9Help us, O God our Savior; 1 For the glory of thy name, O Lord, deliver us; 1 And be merciful to our sins, for thy name’s sake. 1

Isaiah 49:7Thus saith the Lord that delivered thee, 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 thee.

Jeremiah 14:21Refrain for thy name’s sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy 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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