Zechariah 11:15

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

In Context

14And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.

16For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat, And their hoofs he doth break off.

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Cross References

Isaiah 6:10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'

Jeremiah 23:1Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 13:3Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.

Matthew 15:14let them alone, guides they are — blind of blind; and if blind may guide blind, both into a ditch shall fall.'

Luke 11:40unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

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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