Zechariah 11:8

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Jehovah that is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who hath chosen thee.
  • Hos 5:7 : 7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
  • Matt 23:34-36 : 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
  • John 15:18 : 18 If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.
  • John 15:23-25 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.
  • Matt 24:50-51 : 50 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
  • Ps 106:40 : 40 Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.
  • Hos 9:15 : 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.
  • Jer 12:8 : 8 My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.
  • Jer 14:21 : 21 Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
  • Lev 26:11 : 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Lev 26:44 : 44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Jehovah their God;
  • Deut 32:19 : 19 And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 78:9 : 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.
  • Luke 12:50 : 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

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    82%

    9Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

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

    11And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

  • Zech 11:3-7
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    3A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

    4Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

    5whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

    6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

    7So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

  • Zech 11:14-17
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    14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

    15And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

    16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat [sheep], and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

    17Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

  • Ezek 34:5-11
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    73%

    5And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek [after them] .

    7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

    8As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

    9therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

    10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

    11For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

  • Zech 13:7
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    7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

  • Jer 23:1-2
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    71%

    1Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

    2Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
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    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

    3Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep.

  • Jer 25:34-36
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    70%

    34Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.

    35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

    36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and the wailing of the principal of the flock! for Jehovah layeth waste their pasture.

  • Ezek 34:19-20
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    19And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

    20Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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    14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them.

  • Zech 10:3
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    3Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.

  • Job 6:7
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    7My soul refuseth to touch [them] ; They are as loathsome food to me.

  • Ezek 34:15-17
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    15I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord Jehovah.

    16I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

    17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, the rams and the he-goats.

  • Lev 26:30
    69%

    30And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.

  • Jer 12:10
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    10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

  • Ezek 34:22
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    22therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep.

  • Lam 1:19
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    19I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.

  • Mic 3:3
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    3who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Jer 12:8
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    8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

  • Job 30:1
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    1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

  • Hos 13:8
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    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Lam 3:11
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    11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

  • Amos 6:8
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    8The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. [

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    4And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, saith Jehovah.

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    3But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • Jer 11:19
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    19But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, [saying], Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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    15All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

  • Isa 38:12
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    12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.