Zechariah 11:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

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  • Zech 11:4 : 4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.
  • Zech 11:14 : 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
  • Ezek 37:16-23 : 16 Moreover, son of man, take one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand. 18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? 19 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 17:40 : 40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the brook, put them in the shepherd's bag, in the pouch he had, and with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yes, 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 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there the LORD commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the LORD, two-thirds shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
  • Mark 12:37 : 37 Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how then is he his son?' And the common people heard him gladly.
  • John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
  • John 17:21-23 : 21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.
  • Eph 2:13-16 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
  • 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 I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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  • Zech 11:4-6
    3 verses
    83%

    4Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

    5Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.

    6For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD. But behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They shall strike the land, and I will not deliver them out of their hand.

  • Zech 11:14-17
    4 verses
    81%

    14Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

    15The LORD said to me, Take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

    16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor feed what stands still. But he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hooves in pieces.

    17Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.

  • Zech 11:8-11
    4 verses
    80%

    8I also cut off three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

    9Then I said, I will not feed you. Let what dies die, and what is to be cut off, let it be cut off. Let those that remain eat each other's flesh.

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

    11It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:5-12
    8 verses
    77%

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

    6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.

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

    8As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;

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

    10Thus says 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; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

    11For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search for my sheep, and seek them out.

    12As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

  • Ezek 34:14-17
    4 verses
    77%

    14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a rich pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

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

    16I will seek that which was lost, and bring back 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 says the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the goats.

  • Ezek 34:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

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

    23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

  • Mic 7:14
    76%

    14Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, who dwell solitarily in the woodland, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Zech 13:7
    76%

    7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.

  • Jer 23:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

    2Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.

    3And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their folds, and they shall be fruitful and increase.

    4And I will set shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

    3You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock.

  • Jer 25:34-36
    3 verses
    74%

    34Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

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

    36A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.

  • Isa 40:11
    73%

    11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

  • Jer 3:15
    73%

    15And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Hos 11:4
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    4I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who take off the yoke from their jaws, and I provided food for them.

  • Amos 7:15
    73%

    15And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

  • Ezek 34:19-20
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    73%

    19And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.

    20Therefore thus says the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

  • Zech 10:3
    72%

    3My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats. For the LORD of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and has made them like his noble horse in battle.

  • Isa 7:21
    71%

    21And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow and two sheep;

  • John 10:11
    71%

    11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

  • Isa 5:17
    71%

    17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

  • Ezek 34:31
    71%

    31And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 10:21
    71%

    21For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

  • Jer 13:20
    71%

    20Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?

  • Jer 31:10
    71%

    10Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the distant isles, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.