New American Standard Bible 1995
Zechariah 11:1-10
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.
Notes
- 1. Zechariah 11:1 Jer 22:6, 7 ↩
- 2. Zechariah 11:1 Ezek 31:3 ↩
- 3. Zechariah 11:2 Or juniper ↩
- 4. Zechariah 11:2 Another reading is forest of the vintage ↩
- 5. Zechariah 11:3 Jer 25:34-36 ↩
- 6. Zechariah 11:3 Jer 2:15; 50:44 ↩
- 7. Zechariah 11:3 Or jungle ↩
- 8. Zechariah 11:4 Ps 44:22; Zech 11:7 ↩
- 9. Zechariah 11:5 Lit are not held guilty ↩
- 10. Zechariah 11:5 Jer 50:7 ↩
- 11. Zechariah 11:5 Hos 12:8; 1 Tim 6:9 ↩
- 12. Zechariah 11:5 Ezek 34:2, 3 ↩
- 13. Zechariah 11:6 Jer 13:14 ↩
- 14. Zechariah 11:6 Is 9:19-21; Mic 7:2-6; Zech 14:13 ↩
- 15. Zechariah 11:6 Lit find ↩
- 16. Zechariah 11:6 Lit hand ↩
- 17. Zechariah 11:6 Lit hand ↩
- 18. Zechariah 11:6 Ps 50:22; Mic 5:8 ↩
- 19. Zechariah 11:6 Lit hand ↩
- 20. Zechariah 11:7 Zech 11:4 ↩
- 21. Zechariah 11:7 Another reading is for the sheep dealers ↩
- 22. Zechariah 11:7 Jer 39:10; Zeph 3:12 ↩
- 23. Zechariah 11:7 Ezek 37:16 ↩
- 24. Zechariah 11:7 Or Pleasantness ↩
- 25. Zechariah 11:7 Ps 27:4; 90:17; Zech 11:10 ↩
- 26. Zechariah 11:7 Or Cords ↩
- 27. Zechariah 11:7 Ps 133:1; Ezek 37:16-23; Zech 11:14 ↩
- 28. Zechariah 11:8 Hos 5:7 ↩
- 29. Zechariah 11:8 Or detested ↩
- 30. Zechariah 11:9 Jer 15:2 ↩
- 31. Zechariah 11:9 Or will die ↩
- 32. Zechariah 11:9 Or will be annihilated ↩
- 33. Zechariah 11:9 Or those...will eat ↩
- 34. Zechariah 11:10 Or Pleasantness ↩
- 35. Zechariah 11:10 Zech 11:7 ↩
- 36. Zechariah 11:10 Or annul ↩
- 37. Zechariah 11:10 Ps 89:39; Jer 14:21 ↩
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
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