Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock! 1 May the sword come against his arm and his right eye! 1 May his arm wither away and may his right eye become blind!”
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1 Kings 13:4When the king heard what the man of God said, that he had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam reached out with his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” Then the hand with which he had reached out against the man dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.
Isaiah 9:15The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail. 1
Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but my servant? Or deaf like my messenger I send? 1 Who is as blind as my covenant partner, or blind as Yahweh's servant? 1
Jeremiah 22:1This is what Yahweh says, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and proclaim this word there.
Jeremiah 23:32See, I am against the prophets who dream deceitfully—this is Yahweh's declaration—and then proclaim them and in this way mislead my people with their deceit and boasting. I am against them, for I have not sent them out nor given them commands. So they will certainly not help this people—this is Yahweh's declaration.
Ezekiel 13:3The Lord Yahweh says this: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, but who have seen nothing!
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:16-17
Judgments Predicted and Typified. ( b. c. 510.) 15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm… Read the whole commentary →