Zechariah 11:7

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So 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.

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  • Zech 11:4 : 4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’
  • Zech 11:14 : 14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners.
  • Ezek 37:16-23 : 16 And you, son of man, take one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the Israelites associated with him.’ Then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17 Join them together into one stick so that they become one in your hand. 18 When your people say to you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by this?’ 19 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will join it to the stick of Judah, making them one stick, and they will be one in My hand.' 20 The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I will take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.' 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will no longer be two nations or divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their vile images, or any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will purify them. They will be My people, and I will be their God.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly; they shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.' 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 Every tithe of the herd or flock, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod, will be holy to the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 17:40 : 40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, and, with his sling in hand, approached the Philistine.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, 'Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?' And he cursed David by his gods.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents by David: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down onto the collar of his robes. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion, for there the LORD commanded the blessing—life forevermore.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 In all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but one-third will be left in it. 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
  • Mark 12:37 : 37 David himself calls him 'Lord.' So how can he be his son?' And the large crowd listened to him with delight.
  • John 10:16 : 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
  • John 17:21-23 : 21 That all of them may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You have sent Me. 22 I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one. 23 I in them and You in Me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that You sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me.
  • Eph 2:13-16 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were once far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility. 15 He has abolished the law with its commandments and regulations, so that He might create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, by which He put their hostility to death.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • Zech 11:10-11 : 10 So I took my staff called Favor and broke it, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 So 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.

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  • Zech 11:4-6
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    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.

    6For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.'

  • Zech 11:14-17
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    14Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the bond of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

    15The LORD said to me, 'Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

    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 11:8-11
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    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.

  • Ezek 34:5-12
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    77%

    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.

    12As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

  • Ezek 34:14-17
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    14I will feed them in good pasture, and their grazing land will be on the high mountains of Israel. There they will lie down in a pleasant grazing land and feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel.

    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.

  • Ezek 34:22-23
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    22I will save My flock so they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

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

  • Mic 7:14
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    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.

  • Zech 13:7
    76%

    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.

  • Jer 23:1-4
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    76%

    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.

    3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

    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 34:2-3
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    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.

  • Jer 25:34-36
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    74%

    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.

  • Isa 40:11
    73%

    11He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.

  • Jer 3:15
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    15Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Hos 11:4
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    4I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love; I was to them like one who lifts the yoke from their necks, and I bent down to feed them.

  • Amos 7:15
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    15But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

  • Ezek 34:19-20
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    19Must My flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

    20Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says to them: Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

  • Zech 10:3
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 7:21
    71%

    21On that day a man will keep alive a young cow and two goats.

  • John 10:11
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    11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

  • Isa 5:17
    71%

    17Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.

  • Ezek 34:31
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    31You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 10:21
    71%

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

  • Jer 13:20
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    20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?

  • Jer 31:10
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    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.