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Zechariah 11:4

2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

3 Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

5 whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

6 For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
KJV
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
WEB
The LORD my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
ASV
Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
DARBY
Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,
BLB
Thus says YHWH my God: “Shepherd the flock of the slaughter.
ÅB
Så sa Herren min Gud: Røkt slaktesauene!
OTB
Dette sier Herren min Gud: «Vokt flokken som er bestemt for slakt.
B1930
Så sa Herren min Gud: Røkt slaktefårene!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 11:7

    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

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  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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  • Romans 15:8

    For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

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  • Ephesians 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

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  • Isaiah 49:4–5

    But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

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  • Micah 5:4

    He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

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  • Ezekiel 34:23–24

    I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

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  • Luke 19:41–44

    As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

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