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The Sword Shall Strike the Shepherd

“O sword, awake against my shepherd,
    against the man who is my associate,”
        declares[a] Yahweh of hosts.
“Strike the shepherd,
    so that the sheep[b] may be scattered,
    and I will turn my hand against the small ones.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 13:7 Literally “declaration of”
  2. Zechariah 13:7 Or “flock”; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

“Awake, sword,(A) against my shepherd,(B)
    against the man who is close to me!”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,(C)
    and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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