Zechariah 11:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.

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  • Zech 11:4 : 4 Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,
  • Zech 11:14 : 14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
  • Ezek 37:16-23 : 16 `And thou, son of man, take to thee one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions; and take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, his companions, 17 and bring them near one unto another, to thee, for one stick, and they have become one in thy hand. 18 `And when sons of thy people speak unto thee, saying, Dost thou not declare to us what these `are' to thee? 19 Speak unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the stick of Joseph, that `is' in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and have given them unto him, with the stick of Judah, and have made them become one stick, and they have been one in My hand. 20 And the sticks on which thou writest have been in thy hand before thine eyes, 21 and speak thou unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am taking the sons of Israel, From among the nations whither they have gone, And have gathered them from round about, And I have brought them in unto their land. 22 And I have made them become one nation in the land, on mountains of Israel, And one king is to them all for king, And they are no more as two nations, Nor are they divided any more into two kingdoms again. 23 Nor are they defiled any more with their idols, And with their abominations, And with any of their transgressions, And I have saved them out of all their dwellings, In which they have sinned, And I have cleansed them, And they have been to Me for a people, And I -- I am to them for God.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 And I have left in thy midst a people humble and poor, And they have trusted in the name of Jehovah.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God. 5 I get me to the great, and I speak with them, For they have known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.' Surely they together have broken the yoke, They have drawn away the bands.
  • Lev 27:32 : 32 `And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock -- all that passeth by under the rod -- the tenth is holy to Jehovah;
  • 1 Sam 17:40 : 40 And he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds' habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling `is' in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine.
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine saith unto David, `Am I a dog that thou art coming unto me with staves?' and the Philistine revileth David by his gods,
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou `art' with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.
  • Ps 133:1-3 : 1 A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren -- even together! 2 As the good oil on the head, Coming down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, That cometh down on the skirt of his robes, 3 As dew of Hermon -- That cometh down on hills of Zion, For there Jehovah commanded the blessing -- Life unto the age!
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it. 9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,
  • Mark 12:37 : 37 therefore David himself saith of him Lord, and whence is he his son?' And the great multitude were hearing him gladly,
  • John 10:16 : 16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.
  • John 17:21-23 : 21 that they all may be one, as Thou Father `art' in me, and I in Thee; that they also in us may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send me. 22 `And I, the glory that thou hast given to me, have given to them, that they may be one as we are one; 23 I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.
  • Eph 2:13-16 : 13 and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ, 14 for he is our peace, who did make both one, and the middle wall of the enclosure did break down, 15 the enmity in his flesh, the law of the commands in ordinances having done away, that the two he might create in himself into one new man, making peace, 16 and might reconcile both in one body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity in it,
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
  • Zech 11:10-11 : 10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples: 11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it `is' a word of Jehovah.

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  • Zech 11:4-6
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    4 Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,

    5 Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

    6 For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.'

  • Zech 11:14-17
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    14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.

    15 And Jehovah saith unto me, `Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.

    16 For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat, And their hoofs he doth break off.

    17 Wo `to' the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword `is' on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'

  • Zech 11:8-11
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    8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.

    9 And I say, `I do not feed you, the dying, let die; and the cut off, let be cut off; and the remaining ones, let each eat the flesh of its neighbour.'

    10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:

    11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it `is' a word of Jehovah.

  • Ezek 34:5-12
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    5 And they are scattered from want of a shepherd, And are for food to every beast of the field, Yea, they are scattered.

    6 Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.

    7 Therefore, shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

    8 I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, If not, because of My flock being for a prey, Yea, My flock is for food to every beast of the field, Because there is no shepherd, And My shepherds have not sought My flock, And the shepherds do feed themselves, And My flock they have not fed.

    9 Therefore, O shepherds, hear a word of Jehovah:

    10 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I `am' against the shepherds, And have required My flock from their hand, And caused them to cease from feeding the flock, And no more do the shepherds feed themselves, And I have delivered My flock from their mouth, And they are not to them for food.

    11 For thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I -- even I, have required My flock, And I have sought it out.

    12 As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.

  • Ezek 34:14-17
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    14 With good pasture I do feed them, And on mountains of the high place of Israel is their habitation, There do they lie down in a good habitation, And fat pastures they enjoy on mountains of Israel.

    15 I feed My flock, and cause them to lie down, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

    16 The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.

    17 And you, My flock, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am judging between sheep and sheep, Between rams and he-goats.

  • Ezek 34:22-23
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    22 And I have given safety to My flock, And they are not any more for prey, And I have judged between sheep and sheep.

    23 And have raised up over them one shepherd, And he hath fed them -- my servant David, He doth feed them, and he is their shepherd,

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    14 Rule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone `in' a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.

  • Zech 13:7
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    7 Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero -- My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.

  • Jer 23:1-4
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    1 Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

    2 Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

    3 And I do gather the remnant of My flock Out of all the lands whither I drove them, And have brought them back unto their fold, And they have been fruitful, and multiplied.

    4 And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Ezek 34:2-3
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    2 `Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo `to' the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed?

    3 The fat ye do eat, and the wool ye put on, The fed one ye slaughter, the flock ye feed not.

  • Jer 25:34-36
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    34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry, And roll yourselves, ye honourable of the flock, For full have been your days, For slaughtering, and `for' your scatterings, And ye have fallen as a desirable vessel.

    35 And perished hath refuge from the shepherds, And escape from the honourable of the flock.

    36 A voice `is' of the cry of the shepherds, And a howling of the honourable of the flock, For Jehovah is spoiling their pasture.

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    11 As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth `them': Suckling ones He leadeth.

  • Jer 3:15
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    15 And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

  • Hos 11:4
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    4 With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed `him'.

  • Amos 7:15
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    15 and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.

  • Ezek 34:19-20
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    19 And My flock the trodden thing of your feet consumeth, And the trampled thing of your feet drinketh?

    20 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah to them: Lo, I -- even I, have judged between fat sheep and lean sheep.

  • Zech 10:3
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    3 Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.

  • Isa 7:21
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    21 And it hath come to pass, in that day, A man keepeth alive a heifer of the herd, And two of the flock,

  • John 10:11
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    11 `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

  • Isa 5:17
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    17 And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consume.

  • Ezek 34:31
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    31 And ye, My flock, the flock of My pasture, Men ye `are' -- I `am' your God, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

  • Jer 10:21
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    21 For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.

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    20 Lift up your eyes, and see those coming in from the north, Where `is' the drove given to thee, thy beautiful flock?

  • Jer 31:10
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    10 Hear a word of Jehovah, O nations, And declare ye among isles afar off, and say: He who is scattering Israel doth gather him, And hath kept him as a shepherd `doth' his flock,