Zechariah 11:8

And I sent off three shepherds, in one month,—for impatient was my soul with them, moreover also, their soul, felt a loathing against me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

In Context

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,

9Then said I—I will not tend you,—the dying, may die, and, the disappearing, may disappear, and, the remainder, may devour one another.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:11And I will set my habitation in your midst,—And my soul shall not abhor you;

Leviticus 26:44And yet even so when they are in the land of their foes I have not refused them Neither have I abhorred them To make an end of them, To break my covenant with them,—For, I—Yahweh, am their God.

1 Kings 11:25Thus became he an adversary unto Israel, all the days of Solomon, this, is the mischief which Hadad did,—so then, he abhorred Israel, when he reigned over Syria.

Psalms 78:9The sons of Ephraim—armed bowmen, Turned in the day of battle;

Isaiah 49:7Thus, saith Yahweh—the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One To him that is despised of the soul, To the abhorred of the nation To the servant of rulers, Kings, shall see and arise, Princes, lo! they have bowed themselves down,—Because of Yahweh, who is faithful, The Holy One of Israel, lo! he hath chosen thee.

Jeremiah 14:21Do not despise—for the sake of thy Name, Do not treat with contempt—the throne of thy glory,—Remember!—do not break thy covenant with us.

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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