Zechariah 11:10

Zechariah 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
• New International Version (NIV)Then I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

Context of Zechariah 11:10

8Next I disposed of the three shepherds in one month—for my soul was impatient with them and their soul also detested me. 9Then I said, “I will not shepherd you! Let the dying die, let the perishing perish, and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh!” So I took my staff called Favor and broke it to pieces, in order to break my covenant that I made with all people. 11It was broken on that day. The afflicted of the flock that were watching me knew that this was the word of Adonai.” 12Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, don’t bother!” So they weighed out my wages—30 pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:10 word by word

וָאֶקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַקְלִי֙ אֶת־נֹ֔עַם וָאֶגְדַּ֖ע אֹת֑וֹ לְהָפֵיר֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖תִּי אֶת־כָּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• my staffמַקֵּלmaqqêl maqqelâh · rodH4731
• Beautyנֹ֫עַםnô‛am · pleasantnessH5278
• and cut it asunderגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• that I might breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
• my covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• which I had madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• with all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Zechariah 11:10

• Zechariah 11:7So I pastured the flock for the slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other I called Union—and I pastured the flock.
• Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
• Psalms 90:17Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us. Establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
• Ezekiel 7:20They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and made images of their abominations and their detestable idols. Therefore I made it niddah to them.
• Ezekiel 24:21speak to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will profane My Sanctuary, the pride of your might, the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul. Your sons and your daughters that you have left behind will fall by the sword.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the 62 weeks Mashiach will be cut off and have nothing. Then the people of a prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. But his end will come like a flood. Until the end of the war that is decreed there will be destruction.
• Luke 21:5And while some were talking about the Temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Yeshua said,
• Acts 6:13They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.
• Romans 9:3For I would pray that I myself were cursed, banished from Messiah for the sake of my people—my own flesh and blood,
• Numbers 14:34For 40 years, corresponding to the number of the 40 days you explored the land—one year for each day—you will suffer for your iniquities and know My hostility.
• 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore Adonai God of Israel declares, I indeed said that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me forever. But now declares Adonai, far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
• Psalms 89:39But You have cast off and spurned, You have become furious with Your anointed one.
• Jeremiah 14:21Do not despise us, for Your Name’s sake. Do not dishonor Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us— do not break it!
• Jeremiah 31:31not like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they broke My covenant, though I was a husband to them.” it is a declaration of Adonai.
• Ezekiel 16:59For thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will do to you just as you have done, since you despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
• Hosea 1:9Then He said: “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not yours.”

Commentaries on Zechariah 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I took my staff - Beauty, and cut it asunder - And thus I showed that I determined no longer to preserve them in their free and glorious state. And thus I brake my covenant with them, which they had broken on their part already.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder - Not, as aforetime, did He chasten His people, retaining His relation to them: for such chastening is an austere form of love. By breaking the staff of His tender love, He signified that this relation was at an end. That I might dissolve My covenant which I had made with all the people - Rather, “with all the peoples,” that is, with all nations. Often as it is said of Israel, that they brake the covenant of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-14Verses 4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves in it; but God will not hold those guiltless who hold themselves so. How can we go to God to beg a blessing on unlawful methods of getting wealth, or to return thanks for success in them? There was a general decay of religion among them, and they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Unlike Ezekiel, who acted out the reunification of the Hebrew kingdoms, Zechariah acted out their division (Ezekiel 37:15–19). Zechariah showed this division by cutting two staffs in half (see also Zechariah 11:14). Cutting the staffs symbolized the broken covenant between God and his people (Zechariah 11:11) and the broken unity between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (11:14). A covenant between the Lord and all nations is otherwise unknown. Zechariah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. covenant which I made with all the people--The covenant made with the whole nation is to hold good no more except to the elect remnant. This is the force of the clause, not as Maurer, and others translate. The covenant which I made with all the nations (not to hurt My elect people, Ho 2:18). But the Hebrew is the term for the elect people (Ammim), not that for the Gentile nations (Goiim). The Hebrew plural expresses the great numbers of the Israelite…Read the comment

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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