ZECHARIAH —— CHAPTER 11
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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.
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 deliver them.
7 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.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month;
and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth,
let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest
eat every one the flesh of another.
10 And I took my staff, even
Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had
made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the
poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of
the LORD.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give
me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price
thirty pieces of silver.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the
potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty
pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the
LORD.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff,
even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and
Israel.
15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto
thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land,
which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the
young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still:
but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the
flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his
arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly
darkened.
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