Zechariah 11:10

And I took my staff, Mercy, and broke it, so as to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

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In The King James Version

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

In Context

9I said, I will not shepherd you. What is dead, let it die. What is set aside, let it be set aside. And let those who are left devour one another’s flesh.

11In that day it was broken, and the sheep-merchants who watched me knew that it was the Lord’s message.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:2From Zion, perfection of beauty, God’s glory shines forth.

Psalms 90:17Let the grace of the Lord our God be upon us, uphold what our hands are striving to do.

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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