Zechariah 11

The Doomed Flock

1OpenH6605 your doorsH1817, O LebanonH3844, That a 1fireH784 may feedH398 on your 2cedarsH730.2WailH3213, O 3cypressH1265, for the cedarH730 has fallenH5307, BecauseH834 the gloriousH117 trees have been destroyedH7703; WailH3213, O oaksH437 of BashanH1316, For the 4impenetrableH1219 forestH3293 has comeH3381 downH3381.3There is a soundH6963 of the shepherds’H7462 5wailH3215, For their gloryH155 is ruinedH7703; There is a 6soundH6963 of the youngH3715 lions’H3715 roarH7581, For the 7prideH1347 of the JordanH3383 is ruinedH7703.

4ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 my GodH430, “PastureH7462 the flockH6629 doomed to 8slaughterH2028. 5Those whoH834 buyH7069 them slayH2026 them and 9goH816 10unpunishedH3808H816, and each of those who sellH4376 them saysH559, ‘BlessedH1288 be the LordH3068, for 11I have becomeH6238 richH6238!’ And their 12own shepherdsH7462 haveH2550 noH3808 pityH2550 on them. 6For I will 13noH3808 longerH5750 haveH2550 pityH2550 on the inhabitantsH3427 of the landH776,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068; “but beholdH2009, I will 14cause the menH120 to 15fallH4672, eachH376 into another’sH7453 16powerH3027 and into the 17powerH3027 of his kingH4428; and they will strikeH3807 the landH776, and I will 18not deliverH5337 them from their 19powerH3027.”

7So I 20pasturedH7462 the flockH6629 doomed to slaughterH2028, 21henceH3651 the 22afflictedH6041 of the flockH6629. And I tookH3947 for myself twoH8147 23staffsH4731: the oneH259 I calledH7121 2425FavorH5278 and the otherH259 I calledH7121 2627UnionH2260; so I pasturedH7462 the flockH6629. 8Then I annihilatedH3582 the threeH7969 shepherdsH7462 in 28oneH259 monthH3391, for my soulH5315 was impatientH7114 with them, and their soulH5315 alsoH1571 29was wearyH973 of me. 9Then I saidH559, “I will not pastureH7462 you. What is to 30dieH4191, 31let it dieH4191, and what is to be annihilatedH3582, 32let it be annihilatedH3582; and 33let those who are leftH7604 eatH398 oneH802 another’sH7468 fleshH1320.” 10I tookH3947 my staffH4731 3435FavorH5278 and cutH1438 it in piecesH1438, to 3637breakH6565 my covenantH1285 whichH834 I had madeH3772 with allH3605 the peoplesH5971. 11So it was 38brokenH6565 on that dayH3117, and 39thusH3651 the 40afflictedH6041 of the flockH6629 who were watchingH8104 me realizedH3045 that it was the wordH1697 of the LordH3068. 12I saidH559 to them, “IfH518 it is goodH2896 in your sightH5869, giveH3051 me my 41wagesH7939; but ifH518 not, 42neverH2308 mindH2308!” So they weighedH8254 out 43thirtyH7970 shekels of silverH3701 as my wagesH7939. 13Then the LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “ThrowH7993 it to the 44potterH3335, that magnificentH145 priceH3366 at whichH834 I was valuedH3365 by them.” So I tookH3947 the thirtyH7970 shekels of silverH3701 and threwH7993 them to the potterH3335 in the houseH1004 of the LordH3068. 14Then I cutH1438 in piecesH1438 my secondH8145 staffH4731 4546UnionH2260, to 47breakH6565 the brotherhoodH264 betweenH996 JudahH3063 and IsraelH3478.

15The LordH3068 saidH559 to me, “TakeH3947 againH5750 for yourself the equipmentH3627 of a 4849foolishH196 shepherdH7462. 16For beholdH2009, I am going to raiseH6965 up a shepherdH7462 in the landH776 who will 50not careH6485 for the perishingH3582, seekH1245 the scatteredH5289, healH7495 the brokenH7665, or sustainH3557 the one standingH5324, but will 51devourH398 the fleshH1320 of the fatH1277 sheep and tearH6561 offH6561 their hoofsH6541.1752WoeH1945 to the worthlessH457 shepherdH7473 Who leavesH5800 the flockH6629! A 53swordH2719 will be on his armH2220 And on his rightH3225 eyeH5869! His 54armH2220 will be totallyH3001 witheredH3001 And his rightH3225 eyeH5869 will be 55blindH3543.”