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Zechariah 11:8–9

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8Then I annihilated the three shepherds in aone month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also 1was weary of me.

9Then I said, “I will not shepherd you. What is to adie, 1let it die, and what is to be annihilated, 2let it be annihilated; and 3let those who remain consume one another’s flesh.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or detested
  2. 1Or will die
  3. 2Or will be annihilated
  4. 3Or those … will eat

Cross references

  1. aHos 5:7
  2. aJer 15:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish. Let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let what is dying die, and let what is perishing perish; let the rest devour each other’s flesh.”

NLTNew Living Translation

I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month.

But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too. So I told them, “I won’t be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And let those who remain devour each other!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I got rid of three shepherds in one month, for I grew impatient with them, and they also became tired of me. So I said, “I will not shepherd you! The one dying will die, and the one to be destroyed will be destroyed. And the ones remaining, let them devour the flesh of each other.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.