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Zechariah 11 King James Version (with Apocrypha)

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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.

Cross references (17)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Jeremiah 22:23; Jeremiah 22:6–7; Luke 21:23–24; Deuteronomy 32:22; Habakkuk 2:8
  2. 2 Luke 23:31; Ezekiel 20:46; Isaiah 32:15–19; Isaiah 2:12–17; Nahum 3:8–19
  3. 3 Jeremiah 50:44; Jeremiah 25:34–36; 1 Samuel 4:21–22; Jeremiah 26:6; Hosea 10:5
  4. 4 Zechariah 11:7; Matthew 23:37; Romans 15:8; Ephesians 1:3; Isaiah 49:4–5
  5. 5 Jeremiah 50:7; 1 Timothy 6:5–10; Hosea 12:8; Ezekiel 34:18–19; Nehemiah 5:8
  6. 6 Jeremiah 13:14; Hebrews 10:26–31; Matthew 22:7; Isaiah 9:19–21; Micah 5:8
  7. 7 Zechariah 11:14; Isaiah 11:4; Zechariah 11:4; Ezekiel 37:16–23; Zechariah 11:10–11
  8. 8 John 15:18; John 7:7; Matthew 23:34–36; Isaiah 49:7; Hosea 5:7
  9. 9 Revelation 22:11; Matthew 13:10–11; Jeremiah 43:11; John 12:35; John 8:24
  10. 10 Zechariah 11:7; Psalm 89:39; Hebrews 8:8–13; Jeremiah 14:21; Jeremiah 31:31–32
  11. 11 James 2:5–6; Lamentations 3:25–26; Zephaniah 3:12; Isaiah 40:31; Luke 2:38
  12. 12 Matthew 26:15; Exodus 21:32; Luke 22:3–6; Mark 14:10–11; John 13:27–30
  13. 13 Matthew 27:3–10; Acts 1:18–19; Isaiah 53:2–3; Matthew 27:12; Acts 4:11
  14. 14 James 3:16; Isaiah 9:21; James 3:14; Ezekiel 37:16–20; Acts 23:7–10
  15. 15 Ezekiel 13:3; Lamentations 2:14; Jeremiah 2:26–27; Isaiah 6:10–12; Matthew 23:17
  16. 16 John 10:12–13; Jeremiah 23:2; Ezekiel 34:2–6; John 10:1; Matthew 23:13–29
  17. 17 Jeremiah 23:1; Ezekiel 13:3; Ezekiel 34:2; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Isaiah 42:19–20

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  1. Quotes verse 11:12 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    And I will say to them, If it be good in your sight, give me my price, or refuse, and the rest.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)