Zechariah 11:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Zechariah 11:8

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.

12 Then I said to them, “If it is¹ agreeable to you, give me my wages; and if not, refrain.” So they ^aweighed out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the ^apotter”—that princely price they set on me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord for the potter.

14 Then I cut in two my other staff,¹ Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And the Lord said to me, ^a“Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

Verse Comparison: Zechariah 11:8

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American Standard Version
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

Amplified® Bible
And I cut off the three shepherds [the civil authorities, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was weary {and} impatient with them, and they also loathed me.

Contemporary English Version
In less than a month, I became impatient with three shepherds who didn't like me, and I got rid of them.

Darby English Version
And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

Good News Bible
I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.

King James Version
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

New American Standard Bible
Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.

New International Version
In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them

New King James Version
I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul felt impatience with them, and their soul also felt weary of me.

Revised Standard Version
In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Young's Literal Translation
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.

New English Translation
Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month,¹ for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.

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