Zechariah 11:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 11:1

Desolation of Israel

1 Open ^ayour doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.

2 Wail, O cypress, for the ^acedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
^bFor the thick forest has come down.

3 There is the sound of wailing ^ashepherds!
For the¹ir glory is in ruins.
There is the sound of roaring lions!
For the pride of the Jordan is in ruins.

Prophecy of the Shepherds

4 Thus says the Lord my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter,

5 whose owners slaughter them and ^afeel no guilt; those who sell them ^bsay, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do ^cnot pity them.

6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall¹ attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”

7 So I fed the flock for slaughter,¹ in particular ^athe poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called² Beauty, and the other I called³ Bonds; and I fed the flock.

8 I¹ dismissed the three shepherds ^ain one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 11:1

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American Standard Version
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Amplified® Bible
OPEN YOUR doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!

Contemporary English Version
Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.

Darby English Version
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Good News Bible
Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire can burn down your cedar trees!

King James Version
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

New American Standard Bible
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars.

New International Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
so that fire may devour your cedars!

New King James Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars.

Revised Standard Version
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars!

Young's Literal Translation
Open, O Lebanon, thy doors, And fire doth devour among thy cedars.

New English Translation
Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars.¹

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