Zechariah 11
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Zechariah 11:10-17

10And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

11So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

12Then I said to them, “If it is agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they weighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

14Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15And the Lord said to me, “Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

16For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces.

17“Woe to the worthless shepherd, Who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm And against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”

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