Zechariah 11:3

Zechariah 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sound of the wail of the shepherds, for their glory is ruined! The sound of the roar of the lions, for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is the sound of wailing shepherds! For their glory is in ruins. There is the sound of roaring lions! For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

Context of Zechariah 11:3

1Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars. 2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the glorious trees have been destroyed; Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the impenetrable forest has come down. There is a sound of the shepherds’ wail, For their glory is ruined; There is a sound of the young lions’ roar, For the pride of the Jordan is ruined. 4Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter. 5Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have no pity on them.

Zechariah 11:3 word by word

ק֚וֹל יִֽלְלַ֣ת הָרֹעִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם ק֚וֹל שַׁאֲגַ֣ת כְּפִירִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד גְּא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ סRead the interlinear

• There is a soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the shepherds’רָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• wailיְלָלָהyelâlâh · wailingH3215
• For their gloryאַדֶּ֫רֶת'addereth · clothingH155
• is ruinedשָׁדַדshâdad · to ruinH7703
• of the youngכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• lions’כְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715
• roarשְׁאָגָהshe'âgâh · roaringH7581
• of the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383

Cross-references for Zechariah 11:3

• Zechariah 11:8Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.
• Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel.
• Joel 1:13Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.
• Amos 8:8Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, A wail from the Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the hills.
• Matthew 15:14Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
• James 5:1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
• 1 Samuel 4:21And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
• Isaiah 65:15You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord God will slay you. But My servants will be called by another name.
• Jeremiah 7:4Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’
• Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”
• Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
• Hosea 1:9And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”
• Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has departed from it.
• Zephaniah 3:11In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.

Commentaries on Zechariah 11:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Young lions - Princes and rulers. By shepherds, kings or priests may be intended.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3A voice of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is spoiled - It echoes on from Jeremiah before the captivity, “Howl, ye shepherds - A voice of the cry of the shepherds. and an howling of the principal of the flock; for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture” Jeremiah 25:34, Jeremiah 25:36. There is one chorus of desolation, the mighty and the lowly; the shepherds and the young lions; what is at other times opposed is joined in one wailing. “The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Shepherds and lions symbolically represent the leaders of Lebanon and Bashan. They mourn the loss of their forested slopes, pride, and livelihood (see Zechariah 11:1–2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. shepherds--the Jewish rulers. their glory--their wealth and magnificence; or that of the temple, "their glory" (Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5). young lions--the princes, so described on account of their cruel rapacity. pride of Jordan--its thickly wooded banks, the lair of "lions" (Jr 12:5; 49:19). Image for Judea "spoiled" of the magnificence of its rulers ("the young lions"). The valley of the Jordan forms a deeper gash than any on the earth. The land at Lake…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Lions
• Swelling
• Weigh
• Bible, the
• Salvation
• Zechariah, Book of

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