Zechariah 11:1-10

1OpenH6605 thy doorsH1817, O LebanonH3844, that the fireH784 may devourH398 thy cedarsH730.

2Howl, cypressH1265, for the cedarH730 is fallenH5307; because the noble onesH117 are spoiled. Howl, ye oaksH437 of BashanH1316; for the strong forestH3293 is comeH3381 down.

3A voiceH6963 of howling of the shepherdsH7462; for their glory is spoiled: a voiceH6963 of roaringH7581 of youngH3715 lionsH3715; for the prideH1347 of JordanH3383 is spoiled.

4ThusH3541 saith Jehovah my 1GodH430: FeedH7462 the flockH6629 of slaughterH2028,

5whose possessors slayH2026 them without being held guiltyH816; and they that sellH4376 them sayH559, BlessedH1288 be Jehovah! for I am becomeH6238 richH6238; and their own shepherdsH7462 pityH2550 them not.

6For I will no more pityH2550 the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776, saith Jehovah, and behold, I will deliverH5337 menH376, every oneH376 into his neighbour's handH3027, and into the handH3027 of his kingH4428; and they shall smite the landH776, and I will not deliverH5337 out of their handH3027.

7So I fed the flockH6629 of slaughterH2028, truly the poorH6041 of the flockH6629. And I tookH3947 unto me twoH8147 staves; the oneH259 I calledH7121 Beauty, and the other I calledH7121 Bands; and I fed the flockH6629.

8And I destroyedH3582 threeH7969 shepherdsH7462 in oneH259 monthH3391; and my soulH5315 was vexed with them, and their soulH5315 alsoH1571 loathed me.

9And I saidH559, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it dieH4191; and that which perisheth let it perish; and let them which are leftH7604 eatH398 every one the fleshH1320 of another.

10And I tookH3947 my staffH4731, Beauty, and cutH3772 it asunder, that I might breakH6565 my covenantH1285 which I had madeH3772 with all the peoplesH5971.