Zechariah 11:7

So I became the shepherd of the flock marked for slaughter, for those who dealt in sheep. I took two staffs; one staff I called “Favor” and the other I called “Unity.” In this way I shepherded the flock.

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In The King James Version

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

In Context

6For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration. See! I myself am about to turn over every person into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king, and they will destroy the land and none of them will I deliver them from their hand.”

8In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also hated me.

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Cross References

Leviticus 27:32As for every tenth of the herd or the flock, whatever passes under the shepherd's rod, one-tenth must be set apart to Yahweh.

1 Samuel 17:43Then the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?,” and the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is 1 for brothers to live together! 1

Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather in his arm the lambs, 1 and carry them close to his heart, 1 and will gently lead the ewes nursing their young. 1

Jeremiah 5:4So I said, “Surely these are only poor people. 1 They are foolish, for they do not know Yahweh's ways, nor their God's decrees. 1

Micah 7:14Shepherd your people with your rod, 1 the flock of your inheritance. 1 They live alone in a thicket, 1 in the midst of a pastureland. 1 Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead 1 as in the old days. 1

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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