Zechariah 11:15

The Lord said to me, "Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish 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 cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."

Jeremiah 23:1"Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" says the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:3Thus says the Lord God, "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Matthew 15:14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

Luke 11:40You foolish ones, did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

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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