Zechariah 11

1 ♥ 📝 O pen^H6605 thy doors,^H1817 O Lebanon,^H3844 that the fire^H784 may devour^H398 thy cedars.^H730

2 ♥ 📝 Wail,^H3213 O fir-tree,^H1265 for the cedar^H730 is fallen,^H5307 because the goodly^H117 ones are destroyed:^H7703 wail,^H3213 O ye oaks^H437 of Bashan,^H1316 for the strong^H1208 forest^H3293 is come down.^H3381

3 ♥ 📝 A voice^H6963 of the wailing^H3215 of the shepherds!^H7462 for their glory^H155 is destroyed:^H7703 a voice^H6963 of the roaring^H7581 of young lions!^H3715 for the pride^H1347 of the Jordan^H3383 is laid waste.^H7703

4 ♥ 📝 Thus said^H559 Jehovah^H3068 my God:^H430 Feed^H7462 the flock^H6629 of slaughter;^H2028

5 ♥ 📝 whose possessors^H7069 slay^H2026 them, and hold themselves not guilty;^H816 and they that sell^H4376 them say,^H559 Blessed^H1288 be Jehovah,^H3068 for I am rich;^H6238 and their own shepherds^H7462 pity^H2550 them not.

6 ♥ 📝 For I will no more pity^H2550 the inhabitants^H3427 of the land,^H776 saith^H5002 Jehovah;^H3068 but, lo, I will deliver^H4672 the men^H120 every one^H376 into his neighbor's^H7453 hand,^H3027 and into the hand^H3027 of his king;^H4428 and they shall smite^H3807 the land,^H776 and out of their hand^H3027 I will not deliver^H5337 them.

7 ♥ 📝 So I fed^H7462 the flock^H6629 of slaughter,^H2028 verily^H3651 the poor^H6041 of the flock.^H6629 And I took^H3947 unto me two^H8147 staves;^H4731 the one^H259 I called^H7121 Beauty,^H5278 and the other^H259 I called^H7121 Bands;^H2254 and I fed^H7462 the flock.^H6629

8 ♥ 📝 And I cut off^H3582 the three^H7969 shepherds^H7462 in one^H259 month;^H3391 for my soul^H5315 was weary^H7114 of them, and their soul^H5315 also loathed^H973 me.

9 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 I, I will not feed^H7462 you: that which dieth,^H4191 let it die;^H4191 and that which is to be cut off,^H3582 let it be cut off;^H3582 and let them that are left^H7604 eat^H398 every one^H802 the flesh^H1320 of another.^H7468

10 ♥ 📝 And I took^H3947 my staff^H4731 Beauty,^H5278 and cut it asunder,^H1438 that I might break^H6565 my covenant^H1285 which I had made^H3772 with all the peoples.^H5971

11 ♥ 📝 And it was broken^H6565 in that day;^H3117 and thus the poor^H6041 of the flock^H6629 that gave heed^H8104 unto me knew^H3045 that it was the word^H1697 of Jehovah.^H3068

12 ♥ 📝 And I said^H559 unto them, If ye think^H5869 good,^H2896 give^H3051 me my hire;^H7939 and if not, forbear.^H2308 So they weighed^H8254 for my hire thirty^H7970 [pieces] of silver.^H3701

13 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Cast^H7993 it unto the potter,^H3335 the goodly^H145 price^H3366 that I was prized at^H3365 by them. And I took^H3947 the thirty^H7970 [pieces] of silver,^H3701 and cast^H7993 them unto the potter,^H3335 in the house^H1004 of Jehovah.^H3068

14 ♥ 📝 Then I cut asunder^H1438 mine other^H8145 staff,^H4731 even Bands,^H2254 that I might break^H6565 the brotherhood^H264 between Judah^H3063 and Israel.^H3478

15 ♥ 📝 And Jehovah^H3068 said^H559 unto me, Take^H3947 unto thee yet again the instruments^H3627 of a foolish^H196 shepherd.^H7462

16 ♥ 📝 For, lo, I will raise up^H6965 a shepherd^H7462 in the land,^H776 who will not visit^H6485 those that are cut off,^H3582 neither will seek^H1245 those that are scattered,^H5289 nor heal^H7495 that which is broken,^H7665 nor feed^H3557 that which is sound;^H5324 but he will eat^H398 the flesh^H1320 of the fat^H1277 [sheep], and will tear^H6561 their hoofs^H6541 in pieces.^H6561

17 ♥ 📝 Woe^H1945 to the worthless^H457 shepherd^H7473 that leaveth^H5800 the flock!^H6629 the sword^H2719 shall be upon his arm,^H2220 and upon his right^H3225 eye:^H5869 his arm^H2220 shall be clean^H3001 dried up,^H3001 and his right^H3225 eye^H5869 shall be utterly^H3543 darkened.^H3543