Zechariah 11:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Isa 49:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD, 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 also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
  • Hos 5:7 : 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
  • Matt 23:34-36 : 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple 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 the works thereof are evil.
  • John 15:18 : 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it 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 man 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 might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • Matt 24:50-51 : 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Ps 106:40 : 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
  • Luke 19:14 : 14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
  • Hos 9:15 : 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
  • Jer 12:8 : 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
  • 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 images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Lev 26:44 : 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
  • Deut 32:19 : 19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
  • Ps 5:5 : 5 The foolish 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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    9Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

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

    11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

  • Zech 11:3-7
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    3There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

    4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

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

    6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour'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.

    7And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O 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 the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

    16For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.

    17Woe to the idol 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.

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    5And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

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

    7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

    8As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

    9Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

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

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

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    1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

    2Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors 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 the LORD.

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    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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    36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

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    19And as for my flock, 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 GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

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

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    3Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

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    7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

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    15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

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

    17And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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

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    10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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    22Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

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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 their meat to relieve their souls.

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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 lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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