Verse 4
Zechariah 11:4
World English Bible
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Yahweh my God (Elohim) says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑/י רְעֵ֖ה אֶת צֹ֥אן הַ/הֲרֵגָֽה
English Translation
Thus said the LORD, your God: Shepherd the flock of the slaughter.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 11 Context
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Open your doors, Lebanon,
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2
Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen,
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Wail, you oaks...
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3
A voice of the wailing of the shepherds!
For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of you...
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4
Yahweh my God (Elohim) says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
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Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, for I a...
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6
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver the...
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7
So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs...
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8
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loath...
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9
Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let...
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10
I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the...
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11
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahwe...
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12
I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for...
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13
Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took...
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14
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Is...
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15
Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
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16
For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neith...
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17
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