Zechariah 11:15

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The LORD said to me, 'Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

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  • Isa 6:10-12 : 10 Make the hearts of this people dull, their ears heavy, and their eyes blind; otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn back and be healed." 11 Then I said, "For how long, Lord?" And He replied, "Until cities lie ruined without inhabitants, houses are unoccupied, and the land is desolate and devastated. 12 The LORD will drive the people far away, and the abandonment in the land will be great.
  • Jer 2:26-27 : 26 As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets. 27 They say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Yet in their time of trouble, they will say, ‘Arise and save us!’
  • Lam 2:14 : 14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you.
  • Ezek 13:3 : 3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
  • Matt 23:17 : 17 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
  • Luke 11:40 : 40 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 11:16-17
    2 verses
    84%

    16For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.'

    17Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.

  • Zech 11:7-11
    5 verses
    81%

    7So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other Union—and I shepherded the flock.

    8In one month I disposed of the three shepherds. My soul was impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.

    9Then I said, 'I will not shepherd you any longer. Let the dying die, and let the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.'

    10So I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

    11So it was broken on that day, and the oppressed of the flock who were watching me understood that this was the word of the LORD.

  • Zech 11:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3Listen! The wailing of the shepherds, because their glory is ruined. Listen! The roar of the lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.

    4This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

    5Their buyers slaughter them without remorse, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds show no pity on them.

  • Zech 13:7
    78%

    7Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My companion, declares the LORD of hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

  • Ezek 34:5-11
    7 verses
    78%

    5So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild animals; they were scattered.

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

    8'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,

    9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD.

    10This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My flock from their hand and stop them from shepherding My flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths, so it will no longer be food for them.'

    11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and look after them.

  • Jer 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

    2Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the shepherds who tend My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I am about to punish you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 25:34-36
    3 verses
    75%

    34Weep and wail, you shepherds, cry out! Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock, for your time to be slaughtered has come. You will fall like a precious vessel.

    35The shepherds will have no refuge, and the leaders of the flock will find no escape.

    36Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.

  • Ezek 34:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, the shepherds: This is what the Lord GOD says, 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

    3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and slaughter the fattened animals, but you do not feed the flock.

  • Amos 7:15
    75%

    15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

  • Zech 11:14
    75%

    14Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

  • Zech 10:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.

    3My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts cares for His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them like a splendid warhorse.

  • Jer 10:21
    74%

    21The shepherds are senseless and do not seek the Lord; therefore they do not prosper, and all their flock is scattered.

  • Jer 23:4
    73%

    4I will appoint shepherds over them who will care for them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any be missing, declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:15-17
    3 verses
    73%

    15I Myself will tend My flock and cause them to lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

    16I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice.

    17As for you, My flock, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

  • Jer 3:15
    73%

    15Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Ezek 37:15
    72%

    15The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 11:14
    72%

    14The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

  • Jer 51:23
    72%

    23With you, I shatter shepherd and flock; with you, I shatter farmer and oxen; with you, I shatter governors and officials.

  • Jer 31:10
    72%

    10Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; declare it in the distant coastlands and say: He who scattered Israel will gather them and watch over them like a shepherd cares for his flock.

  • 2 Chr 18:16
    72%

    16Then Micaiah said, 'I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, "These people have no master; let each one go home in peace."'

  • Jer 50:44-45
    2 verses
    72%

    44Behold, like a lion coming up from the thickets of the Jordan to a secure pasture, I will drive them away suddenly from it. I will appoint whoever is chosen for it. For who is like me? Who can summon me? And what shepherd can stand against me?

    45Therefore, hear the counsel of the LORD that He has purposed against Babylon and the plans He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans. Surely, the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; surely, their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

  • Ezek 17:11
    72%

    11Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    72%

    7Now then, tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel.

  • Mic 7:14
    71%

    14Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.

  • Ezek 34:23
    71%

    23I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.

  • John 10:12
    71%

    12The hired worker, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.

  • 1 Kgs 22:17
    71%

    17Then Micaiah said, 'I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, “These people have no master; each one should go home in peace.”'

  • Ezek 13:3
    71%

    3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!