Zechariah 11:13

Then Yahweh said to me, “Deposit the silver in the treasury, the excellent price at which they valued you!” So I took the thirty pieces of silver and deposited them in the treasury in the house of Yahweh.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

In Context

12I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages. But if not, do not do it.” So they weighed out my wages—thirty pieces of silver.

14Then I broke my second staff, “Unity,” to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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Cross References

Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before Yahweh like a sapling, and like a sprout out of parched earth; 1 he had no remarkable appearance or splendor; when we saw him, there was no beauty to attract us. 1

Matthew 27:3Then when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he repented and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Matthew 27:12But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.

Acts 4:11Jesus Christ is the stone which you as builders despised but which has been made the head cornerstone.

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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