Zechariah 11:4
Thus, saith Yahweh my God,—Tend thou the flock doomed to slaughter:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 40:9To a high mountain, get ye up, O herald—band of Zion, Lift high with strength your voice, O herald—band of Jerusalem,—Lift it high, do not fear, Say to the cities of Judah—Lo! your God!
Ezekiel 34:23And I will raise up over them one shepherd And he shall tend them, Even my servant David,— He, will tend them, And, he, will become to them a shepherd;
Zechariah 11:7So I tended the flock doomed to slaughter, for the sheep-merchants,—and took unto me two staves, the one, I called Grace, and, the other, I called Union, thus I tended the sheep,
Matthew 15:24But, he, answering, said, I was not sent forth, save unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Luke 19:41And, when he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it, saying—
John 21:15When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter—Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him—Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him—Be feeding my lambs.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 11:2-4
Destruction of the Jewish State. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. 3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great… Read the whole commentary →