There is the voice of the howling of the shepherds: for their [a]glory is destroyed: the voice of the roaring of lion’s whelps: for the pride of Jordan is destroyed.

Thus saith the Lord my God, Feed the sheep of the [b]slaughter.

They that possess them, slay them [c]and sin not: and they that sell them, say, [d]Blessed be the Lord: for I am rich, and their own shepherds spare them not.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:3 That is, the renown of Judah and Israel should perish.
  2. Zechariah 11:4 Which being now destinate to be slain, were delivered as out of the lion’s mouth.
  3. Zechariah 11:5 Their governors destroy them without any remorse of conscience, or yet thinking that they do evil.
  4. Zechariah 11:5 He noteth the hypocrites, which ever have the Name of God in their mouths, though in their life and doings they deny God, attributing their gain to God’s blessings, which cometh of the spoil of their brethren.

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