Verse 17

Zechariah 11:17

Young's Literal Translation

17 Woe [to] the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword [is] on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֤י הָֽ/אֱלִיל֙ עֹזְבִ֣י הַ/צֹּ֔אן חֶ֥רֶב עַל זְרוֹע֖/וֹ וְ/עַל עֵ֣ין יְמִינ֑/וֹ זְרֹע/וֹ֙ יָב֣וֹשׁ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְ/עֵ֥ין יְמִינ֖/וֹ כָּהֹ֥ה תִכְהֶֽה
English Translation
Woe to the shepherds, to the idols who abandon the flock! A sword is upon their arm and upon the right eye; their arm shall dry up and their right eye shall become dim.
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Chapter 11 Context
1 Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars. Focus ↗
2 Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of B... Focus ↗
3 A voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roar... Focus ↗
4 Thus said Jehovah my God (Elohim): 'Feed the flock of the slaughter, Focus ↗
5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed [is] Jehovah, And I am ri... Focus ↗
6 For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing... Focus ↗
7 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves,... Focus ↗
8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their sou... Focus ↗
9 And I say, 'I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remainin... Focus ↗
10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with... Focus ↗
11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that... Focus ↗
12 And I say unto them: 'If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out m... Focus ↗
13 And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by... Focus ↗
14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel. Focus ↗
15 And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd. Focus ↗
16 For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he d... Focus ↗
17 Woe [to] the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword [is] on his arm, and on his right eye,...
Verse Information
Book
Zechariah
Chapter
Chapter 11 (17 verses)
Version
Young's Literal Translation
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