Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said to me: Take again the implements of a worthless shepherd.

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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 broke my second staff called Union so as to dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Jerusalem.

16For I am about to appoint a shepherd over the land. Those who are thrust down he will not visit. Those who are scattered he will not seek out. The wounded he will not heal, the sick he will not make whole, but the flesh of the fat he will devour and even their hoofs he will tear.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:14Leave them be; they are but blind guides; and, if one blind person guides another, both of them will fall into a ditch.”

Luke 11:40Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?

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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