Zechariah 11:10

Zechariah 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

Context of Zechariah 11:10

8In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. 9Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is perishing perish; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.” Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples. 11It was annulled on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord. 12Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:10 word by word

וָאֶקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַקְלִי֙ אֶת־נֹ֔עַם וָאֶגְדַּ֖ע אֹת֑וֹ לְהָפֵיר֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖תִּי אֶת־כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• my staffמַקֵּלmaqqêl maqqelâh · rodH4731
• Beautyנֹ֫עַםnô‛am · pleasantnessH5278
• and cut it asunderגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• that I might breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• which I had madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• with all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Zechariah 11:10

• Zechariah 11:7So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
• Psalms 50:2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
• Psalms 90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish for us the work of our hands — establish the work of our hands!
• Ezekiel 7:20He appointed his beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their detestable images from them, their abhorrent things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy to them.
• Ezekiel 24:21Say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
• Daniel 9:26After those sixty-two weeks the Anointed One will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the coming ruler will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come with a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations are decreed.
• Luke 21:5As some were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,
• Acts 6:13They also presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the law.
• Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.
• Numbers 14:34You will bear the consequences of your iniquities forty years based on the number of the forty days that you scouted the land, a year for each day. You will know my displeasure.
• 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me forever. But now,’ this is the Lord’s declaration, ‘no longer! For those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disgraced.
• Psalms 89:39You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown.
• Jeremiah 14:21For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.
• Jeremiah 31:31“Look, the days are coming” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
• Ezekiel 16:59“‘For this is what the Lord God says: I will deal with you according to what you have done, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
• Hosea 1:9Then the Lord said: Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Commentaries on Zechariah 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I took my staff - Beauty, and cut it asunder - And thus I showed that I determined no longer to preserve them in their free and glorious state. And thus I brake my covenant with them, which they had broken on their part already.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder - Not, as aforetime, did He chasten His people, retaining His relation to them: for such chastening is an austere form of love. By breaking the staff of His tender love, He signified that this relation was at an end. That I might dissolve My covenant which I had made with all the people - Rather, “with all the peoples,” that is, with all nations. Often as it is said of Israel, that they brake the covenant of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-14Verses 4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves in it; but God will not hold those guiltless who hold themselves so. How can we go to God to beg a blessing on unlawful methods of getting wealth, or to return thanks for success in them? There was a general decay of religion among them, and they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Unlike Ezekiel, who acted out the reunification of the Hebrew kingdoms, Zechariah acted out their division (Ezekiel 37:15–19). Zechariah showed this division by cutting two staffs in half (see also Zechariah 11:14). Cutting the staffs symbolized the broken covenant between God and his people (Zechariah 11:11) and the broken unity between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (11:14). A covenant between the Lord and all nations is otherwise unknown. Zechariah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. covenant which I made with all the people--The covenant made with the whole nation is to hold good no more except to the elect remnant. This is the force of the clause, not as Maurer, and others translate. The covenant which I made with all the nations (not to hurt My elect people, Ho 2:18). But the Hebrew is the term for the elect people (Ammim), not that for the Gentile nations (Goiim). The Hebrew plural expresses the great numbers of the Israelite…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Zechariah 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings