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Apoteichisis

The Old Testament

Zechariah 11

ΖΑΧΑΡΙΑΣ · 11

Brenton 11:1

Open thy doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour thy cedars.

Brenton 11:2

Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.

Brenton 11:3

There is a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.

Source notes (2)
  • Gr. distressed.
  • Or, roaring.
Brenton 11:4

Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;

Brenton 11:5

which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.

Brenton 11:6

Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.

Brenton 11:7

And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.

Brenton 11:8

And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, be sorely displeased with them. Gr. be weighed down upon them.
Brenton 11:9

And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, fails.
Brenton 11:10

And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people.

Brenton 11:11

And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.

Brenton 11:12

And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

Brenton 11:13

And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good metal, as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.

Brenton 11:14

And I cast away my second rod, even Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.

Source notes (1)
  • Compare Heb. Alex. διαθήκην covenant.
Brenton 11:15

And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd's implements belonging to an unskilful shepherd.

Brenton 11:16

For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.

Source notes (1)
  • Or, wring their necks.
Brenton 11:17

Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Source notes (1)
  • Gr. his arms.

Brenton supplied wording, small capitals, translation notes, Greek wording, and edition-specific verse identifiers are retained. Parallel passages keep each edition's own references. Editions and sources.