Zechariah — Chapter 11

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Zechariah 11:1 Open thy doors, ^RO Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Zechariah 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the ^Tmighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for ^Tthe forest of the vintage is come down.

Zechariah 11:3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; ^Rfor their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

Zechariah 11:4 Thus saith the ^RLORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Zechariah 11:5 Whose ^Rpossessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Zechariah 11:6 For ^RI will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour’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.

Zechariah 11:7 And ^RI will feed the flock of slaughter, ^Teven you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called ^TBands; and I fed the flock.

Zechariah 11:8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; ^Rand my soul ^Tlothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Zechariah 11:9 Then said I, ^RI will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of ^Tanother.

Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff, even ^RBeauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

Zechariah 11:11 And it was broken in that day: and ^Tso the ^Rpoor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Zechariah 11:12 And I said unto them, ^TIf ^Rye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: ^Ra goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Zechariah 11:14 Then ^RI cut asunder mine other staff, even ^TBands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of ^Ra foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, ^Rwhich shall not visit those that be ^Tcut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor ^Tfeed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

Zechariah 11:17 ^RWoe to the idol 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.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Zechariah 11:1–6 — The exploited flock exposes merciless possessors

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Falling forests and howling shepherds introduce a flock marked for slaughter. Those selling it claim blessing through riches while its shepherds lack pity, and judgment follows the land’s merciless conduct.

Key Truth: Do not call exploitation a blessing because it brings profit.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Zechariah 11:7–14 — Broken staves and thirty pieces portray rejected shepherding

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Beauty and Bands accompany feeding of the poor flock, then rejection and broken care. Beauty is cut, thirty pieces of silver are paid and cast to the potter in the Lord’s house, and Bands is broken to signify divided brotherhood.

Key Truth: Value faithful care rather than treating it with contempt.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Zechariah 11:15–17 — A foolish shepherd neglects and consumes the flock

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The prophet is directed to take foolish shepherd’s instruments. The coming shepherd fails to seek, heal, or feed, instead consuming the flock; the closing woe confronts the shepherd who leaves it.

Key Truth: Use entrusted leadership to seek, heal, and nourish.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Matthew 27:9 — Matthew recalls thirty pieces of silver in the account of the potter’s field.

Matthew 27:9 (KJV) Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;

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