Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Zechariah 11:4

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.

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.

Read the whole chapter

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.

Compare

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

    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.

    Read in context

  • Matthew 23:37

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

    Read in context

  • Romans 15:8

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

    Read in context

  • Ephesians 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 49:4–5

    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

    Read in context

  • Micah 5:4

    And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

    Read in context

  • Ezekiel 34:23–24

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

    Read in context

  • Luke 19:41–44

    And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

    Read in context