ZECHARIAH 11: 1 – 17

VERSE 1

Zec:11:1: Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

 

 

VERSE 2

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

 

 

 

VERSE 3

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

 

 

 

VERSE 4

Zec:11:4: Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

 

 

 

VERSE 5

Zec:11:5: Whose possessors 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 6

Zec:11:6: For I 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.

 

 

 

VERSE 7

Zec:11:7: And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O 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 8

Zec:11:8: Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

 

 

 

VERSE 9

Zec:11:9: Then said I, I 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 another.

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