Zechariah 11 — ASVBT
11Verse 1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.Verse 2Wail, O fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.Verse 3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.Verse 4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;Verse 5whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.Verse 6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.Verse 7So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.Verse 8And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.Verse 9Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.Verse 10And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.Verse 11And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.Verse 12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.Verse 13And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.Verse 14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.Verse 15And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.Verse 16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.Verse 17Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.