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Zechariah 11

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Open your gates, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars. ⓐ

² Wail, cypress, ⓑ for the cedar has fallen; the glorious trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, ⓒ for the stately forest has fallen!

³ Listen to the wail ⓓ of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. Listen to the roar of young lions, ⓔ for the thickets of the Jordan ⓕ are [1] destroyed.

⁴ Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

⁵ Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. ⓖ Those who sell them say: Praise the LORD because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

⁶ Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land” — this is the LORD’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.” ⓗ

⁷ So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. [2] I took two staffs, calling one Favor ⓘ and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

⁸ In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

⁹ Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

¹⁰ Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.

¹¹ It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock [3] who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

¹² Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver. ⓙ

¹³ “Throw it to the potter,” [4] the LORD said to me — this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the LORD, to the potter. [5] ⓚ

¹⁴ Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

¹⁵ The LORD also said to me: “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

¹⁶ I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost [6] or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, [7] but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep ⓛ and tear off their hooves.

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! ⓜ May a sword strike [8] his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and his right eye go completely blind!”

#	HCSB
1	Open your gates, Lebanon, and fire will consume your cedars. ⓐ
2	Wail, cypress, ⓑ for the cedar has fallen; the glorious trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, ⓒ for the stately forest has fallen!
3	Listen to the wail ⓓ of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. Listen to the roar of young lions, ⓔ for the thickets of the Jordan ⓕ are [1] destroyed.
4	Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.
5	Those who buy them slaughter them but are not punished. ⓖ Those who sell them say: Praise the LORD because I have become rich! Even their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
6	Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land” — this is the LORD’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.” ⓗ
7	So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. [2] I took two staffs, calling one Favor ⓘ and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
8	In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
9	Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is going astray go astray; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”
10	Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, annulling the covenant I had made with all the peoples.
11	It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock [3] who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
12	Then I said to them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed my wages, 30 pieces of silver. ⓙ
13	“Throw it to the potter,” [4] the LORD said to me — this magnificent price I was valued by them. So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the house of the LORD, to the potter. [5] ⓚ
14	Then I cut in two my second staff, Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15	The LORD also said to me: “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16	I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are going astray, and he will not seek the lost [6] or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, [7] but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep ⓛ and tear off their hooves.
17	Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! ⓜ May a sword strike [8] his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither away and his right eye go completely blind!”

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