Zechariah 11:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 11:7

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.

9 Then I said, “I will not feed you. ^aLet what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

10 And I took my staff,¹ Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break the covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

11 So it was broken on that day. Thus ^athe poor of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

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Interlinear Bible for Zechariah 11:7:

And I will feed
ra`ah (#7462)
'eth (#853) the flock
tso'n (#6629) of slaughter,
haregah (#2028) even you, O poor
`aniy (#6041) of the flock.
tso'n (#6629) And I took
laqach (#3947) unto me two
shnayim (#8147) staves;
maqqel (#4731) the one
'echad (#259) I called
qara' (#7121) Beauty,
no`am (#5278) and the other
'echad (#259) I called
qara' (#7121) Bands;
chebel (#2256) and I fed
ra`ah (#7462)
'eth (#853) the flock.
tso'n (#6629)

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