Zechariah 11:9

I 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.

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In The King James Version

Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

In Context

8I set aside three of the shepherds in one month; for I was indignant against them, and they also were displeased at me.

10And 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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Cross References

Zechariah 13:8In all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds in it will be cut off and die, but a third will be left in it.

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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