Zechariah 11

11Open thy doors, ^aO Lebanon, that ^bthe fire may devour thy cedars.

^2cHowl, fir tree; ^bfor the cedar is fallen; because the ^||mighty are spoiled:

^cHowl, ^dO ye oaks of Bashan; for ^||ethe forest of ^gthe vintage is come down.

³There is a voice of ^chthe howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled:

A voice of the roaring of ⁱyoung lions; for ^jthe pride of Jordan is spoiled.

⁴Thus saith the Lord my God; ^kFeed the flock of ^lthe slaughter;

⁵Whose ^mpossessors ^lslay them, and ⁿhold themselves not guilty:

And they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for ^oI am rich:

And their own shepherds pity them not.

⁶For ^pI will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord:

But, lo, I will ^†deliver the men

Every one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of his king:

And they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

⁷And ^kI will feed the flock of slaughter, ^||even you, ^rO poor of the flock.

And I took unto me two staves; the one I called ^sBeauty, and the other I called ^||Bands; and ^ktI fed the flock. ⁸Three shepherds also ^uI cut off in one month; and my soul ^†lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. ⁹Then said I, I will not feed you: ^vthat that dieth, let it die; and that that is to ^ube cut off, let it be ^ucut off; and let the rest ^weat every one the flesh ^†of another. ¹⁰And I took my staff, even ^sBeauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. ¹¹And it was broken in that day: and ^||so ^rthe poor of the flock ^xthat waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord. ¹²And I said unto them, ^†If ye think good, ^ygive me my price; and if not, forbear. So ^zthey weighed for my price ^athirty pieces of silver. ¹³And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto ^bthe potter: ^ca ^dgoodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took ^athe thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. ¹⁴Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even ^||Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

¹⁵And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

¹⁶For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land,

^eWhich shall not visit those that be ^||cut off,

^eNeither shall seek the young one,

^eNor ^fheal that that is broken,

Nor ^||gfeed that that standeth still:

But ^hhe shall eat the flesh of the fat,

And tear their claws in pieces.

¹⁷Woe to ⁱthe idol shepherd ^hkthat leaveth the flock!

The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon ^lhis right eye:

His arm shall be clean dried up,

And ^lhis right eye shall be utterly darkened.