Zechariah 11:11

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

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And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

In Context

10And I took my staff, Mercy, and broke it, so as to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

12And I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wage. If not, don’t.” So they weighed out my wage, thirty pieces of silver.

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Cross References

Psalms 72:12For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.

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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