Zechariah 11:15
And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
In Context
14Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Cross References
Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
Luke 11:40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
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 →