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Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/esv/zechariah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs. <a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/kjv/zechariah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> For indeed I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are cut off, nor seek the young, nor heal those that are broken, nor feed those that still stand. But he will eat the flesh of the fat and tear their hooves in pieces. <a href="/nasb_/zechariah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or provide for the one who is exhausted, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. <a href="/nasb/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. <a href="/nasb77/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. <a href="/lsb/zechariah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who face annihilation, seek the young, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will consume the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. <a href="/amp/zechariah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For behold, I am going to raise up a [false] shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or feed the healthy; but will eat the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs [to consume everything]. <a href="/csb/zechariah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those who are perishing, and he will not seek the lost or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/hcsb/zechariah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 or heal the broken. He will not sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/asv/zechariah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. <a href="/cev/zechariah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Once more I am going to let a worthless nobody rule the land--one who won't care for the strays or search for the young or heal the sick or feed the healthy. He will just dine on the fattest sheep, leaving nothing but a few bones." <a href="/erv/zechariah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek those that be scattered, nor heal that that is broken; neither shall he feed that which is sound, but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and shall tear their hoofs in pieces. <a href="/gwt/zechariah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I'm about to place a shepherd in the land. He will not take care of those that are dying. He will not search for the young. He will not heal those that have broken their legs or support those that can still stand. But he will eat the meat of the fat animals and tear off their hoofs. <a href="/gnt/zechariah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> I have put a shepherd in charge of my flock, but he does not help the sheep that are threatened by destruction; nor does he look for the lost, or heal those that are hurt, or feed the healthy. Instead, he eats the meat of the fattest sheep and tears off their hoofs. <a href="/isv/zechariah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs." <a href="/msb/zechariah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/net/zechariah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves. <a href="/nheb/zechariah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For, look, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. <a href="/wbt/zechariah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. <a href="/web/zechariah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zechariah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, "" The cut off he does not inspect, "" The shaken off he does not seek, "" And the broken he does not heal, "" The standing he does not sustain, "" And the flesh of the fat he eats, "" And their hooves he breaks off. <a href="/ylt/zechariah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For lo, I am raising up a shepherd in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh of the fat he doth eat, And their hoofs he doth break off. <a href="/slt/zechariah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For behold, I raise up a shepherd in the land, he shall not review those being concealed; the youth he shall not seek, and he shall not heal the broken, and he shall not nourish the standing firmly: and he shall eat the flesh of the fading, and he shall break their hoofs.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zechariah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For behold I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish that which standeth, and he shall eat the flesh of the fat ones, and break their hoofs. <a href="/cpdv/zechariah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit what is forsaken, nor seek what is scattered, nor heal what is broken, nor nourish what remains standing, and he will consume the flesh of the fatted ones and break their hoofs. <a href="/nabre/zechariah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will take no note of those that disappear, nor seek the strays, nor heal the injured, nor feed the exhausted; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and tear off their hoofs! <a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I am now raising up in the land a shepherd who does not care for the perishing, or seek the wandering, or heal the maimed, or nourish the healthy, but devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who shall not search for those that are lost, neither shall seek those that have gone astray nor bind those that are broken nor heal those that are sick nor feed those that stand still; but he shall eat the flesh of the fat and break off their shanks. <a href="/hpbt/zechariah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because, behold, I am establishing a Shepherd in the land who will not visit lost ones, and the strays he will not seek, and the broken ones he will not bandage and the sick he will not heal, and those who are paralyzed he will not feed, and the flesh of the healthy he will eat and their legs he will gnaw<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zechariah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not think of those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are young, nor heal that which is broken; neither will he feed that which standeth still, but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and will break their hoofs in pieces.' <a href="/sep/zechariah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks. <a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1792" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Thirty Pieces of Silver</a> …15And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh- (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: mê·qîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">will raise up</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">a shepherd</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">who will neither</a> <a href="/hebrew/6485.htm" title="6485: yip̄·qōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To attend to, visit, muster, appoint. A primitive root; to visit; by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.">care for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3582.htm" title="3582: han·niḵ·ḥā·ḏō·wṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To hide. A primitive root; to secrete, by act or word; hence to destroy.">the lost,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: yə·ḇaq·qêš (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">seek</a> <a href="/hebrew/5289.htm" title="5289: han·na·‘ar (Art:: N-ms) -- A shaking, scattering. From na'ar in its derivative sense of tossing about; a wanderer.">the young,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: yə·rap·pê (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">nor heal</a> <a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: wə·han·niš·be·reṯ (Conj-w, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">the broken,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/3557.htm" title="3557: yə·ḵal·kêl (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To comprehend, contain. A primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain.">sustain</a> <a href="/hebrew/5324.htm" title="5324: han·niṣ·ṣā·ḇāh (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fs) -- To take one's stand, stand. A prim root; to station, in various applications.">the healthy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">but he will devour</a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: ū·ḇə·śar (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">the flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/1277.htm" title="1277: hab·bə·rî·’āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Fat. From bara'; fatted or plump.">of the choice sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/6561.htm" title="6561: yə·p̄ā·rêq (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To tear apart or away. A primitive root; to break off or crunch; figuratively, to deliver.">and tear off</a> <a href="/hebrew/6541.htm" title="6541: ū·p̄ar·sê·hen (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 3fp) -- A hoof. Feminine of perec; a claw or split hoof.">their hooves.</a> 17Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-4</a> “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? / You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock. / You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2</a> “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD. / Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/34-10.htm">Ezekiel 34:10</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’ <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Jeremiah 10:21</a> For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered. <a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Ezekiel 34:8</a> ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead, <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Ezekiel 34:5-6</a> They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts. / My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’ <a href="/jeremiah/50-6.htm">Jeremiah 50:6</a> My people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place. <a href="/matthew/23-1.htm">Matthew 23:1-4</a> Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples: / “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. / So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ... <a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12-13</a> The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. / The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. <a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a> When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">1 Peter 5:2-3</a> Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; / not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. <a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a> I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4</a> “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For, see, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.which.<a href="/jeremiah/23-2.htm">Jeremiah 23:2,22</a> Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD… <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-6,16</a> Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? … <a href="/matthew/23-2.htm">Matthew 23:2-4,13-29</a> Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: … cut off.<a href="/genesis/33-13.htm">Genesis 33:13</a> And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.<a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34,35</a> And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: … <a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a> He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.feed.<a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">Genesis 31:38</a> This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.<a href="/ezekiel/34-10.htm">Ezekiel 34:10,21</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them… <a href="/john/10-1.htm">John 10:1</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/11-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/daniel/4-33.htm">Claws</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-16.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/micah/4-13.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Land</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-14.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-13.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-9.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-22.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Standeth</a> <a href="/nahum/2-12.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Think</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-7.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-6.htm">Claws</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/matthew/6-25.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/matthew/22-4.htm">Fat</a> <a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/matthew/8-7.htm">Heal</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Hoofs</a> <a href="/acts/5-8.htm">Land</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Scattered</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-9.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-7.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-17.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/matthew/2-18.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/john/1-26.htm">Standeth</a> <a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Think</a> <a href="/matthew/25-36.htm">Visit</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-5.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 11</div>1. <a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">The destruction of Jerusalem.</a> 3. <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected.</a> 10. <a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ.</a> 15. <a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, a "shepherd" symbolizes a leader or king. Historically, this could refer to leaders like Herod or the Roman rulers who governed Israel harshly. Theologically, it foreshadows the coming of false leaders or the Antichrist, contrasting with Jesus, the Good Shepherd (<a href="/john/10-11.htm">John 10:11</a>).who will neither care for the lost This shepherd's lack of concern for the lost sheep highlights a failure in leadership. Biblically, a good shepherd seeks out the lost (<a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Ezekiel 34:4-6</a>), reflecting God's heart for the lost (<a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4-7</a>). This phrase underscores the neglect and abandonment by those in power, contrasting with Christ's mission to seek and save the lost (<a href="/luke/19-10.htm">Luke 19:10</a>).nor seek the young The young or "tender" sheep represent the vulnerable and innocent. A true shepherd protects and nurtures them (<a href="/isaiah/40-11.htm">Isaiah 40:11</a>). This neglect signifies a betrayal of duty, emphasizing the corrupt nature of the leadership. It contrasts with Jesus' care for children and the weak (<a href="/matthew/19-14.htm">Matthew 19:14</a>).nor heal the broken Healing the broken is a key role of a shepherd, symbolizing restoration and compassion (<a href="/psalms/147-3.htm">Psalm 147:3</a>). The failure to heal reflects a lack of mercy and justice, often seen in oppressive regimes. This phrase contrasts with Jesus' healing ministry (<a href="/matthew/4-23.htm">Matthew 4:23</a>) and His role as the healer of spiritual and physical brokenness.nor sustain the healthy Sustaining the healthy involves maintaining the well-being of the flock. This neglect indicates a complete disregard for the welfare of the people. Biblically, leaders are called to strengthen and support their people (<a href="/ezekiel/34-16.htm">Ezekiel 34:16</a>). This failure highlights the destructive nature of the shepherd, unlike Christ, who sustains and nourishes His followers (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep This imagery of devouring suggests exploitation and abuse of power. The "choice sheep" represent the best and most valuable, indicating that the leader will exploit the people for personal gain. This behavior is condemned in Scripture (<a href="/micah/3.htm">Micah 3:1-3</a>) and contrasts with the sacrificial nature of Christ, who gives life rather than taking it (<a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10-11</a>).and tear off their hooves Tearing off hooves implies complete destruction and incapacitation, leaving the sheep defenseless. This brutal imagery underscores the severity of the leader's oppression. It serves as a warning of the consequences of rejecting God's true shepherd, Jesus Christ, who protects and preserves His flock (<a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/z/zechariah.htm">Zechariah</a> A prophet in the post-exilic period who conveyed God's messages to the Israelites, focusing on themes of repentance and restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/s/shepherd.htm">Shepherd</a> Symbolically represents leaders or rulers, often used in the Bible to describe those who are responsible for guiding and caring for God's people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the land of Israel, where the people of God reside and where the events of Zechariah's prophecy unfold. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_perishing,_scattered,_broken,_healthy.htm">The Perishing, Scattered, Broken, Healthy</a> These terms describe the various states of the people under the care of the shepherd, highlighting their needs and vulnerabilities. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fat_sheep.htm">The Fat Sheep</a> Symbolizes those who are prosperous or well-off, yet still vulnerable to exploitation by corrupt leadership.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_of_leadership.htm">The Responsibility of Leadership</a> Leaders are called to care for and nurture those under their charge, not exploit them for personal gain. This applies to spiritual, political, and community leaders. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_neglect.htm">The Danger of Neglect</a> When leaders fail to fulfill their responsibilities, the vulnerable suffer. This serves as a warning to those in positions of authority to remain vigilant and compassionate. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God allows certain leaders to rise as a form of judgment, but He remains in control and will ultimately hold them accountable. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_discernment.htm">The Need for Discernment</a> Believers must be discerning about whom they follow, ensuring that their leaders align with biblical principles and demonstrate Christ-like care. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_the_true_shepherd.htm">Hope in the True Shepherd</a> Despite the presence of false shepherds, believers can find hope and assurance in Jesus, the Good Shepherd, who truly cares for His flock.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 11</a> <a href="/q/how_does_wisdom_lead_to_foolishness.htm">Is there only one shepherd?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_zechariah_11_8_event.htm">Zechariah 11:8 refers to three shepherds cut off in a single month--where is the historical or archaeological evidence that this event ever happened?</a> <a href="/q/who_fulfilled_zechariah_11_15-17_prophecy.htm">Zechariah 11:15-17 describes a 'worthless shepherd'--if this was a genuine prophecy, who historically fulfilled it, and why is there no clear extra-biblical record to confirm it?</a> <a href="/q/is_zechariah_11_12-13_messianic.htm">Is Zechariah 11:12-13 a Messianic prophecy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - I will raise up a shepherd in the land. God explains the reason of the symbolical character which he directed the prophet to assume. He was going to allow the people to be chastised by an instrument whom he would permit to work his will upon them. As this evil shepherd was to arise to punish them for their rejection of Messiah, he must represent some person or power that existed subsequent to Christ's death. Many consider that he symbolizes the Romans; but these people could not be deemed to exercise pastoral care over the Israelites, nor could their neglect of this (ver. 17) be attributed to them as a sin; nor, again, did their destruction follow upon the overthrow of the Jewish polity (ver. 18). Others see here a prediction of the coming of antichrist; but the character of "shepherd" does not suit his attributes as given elsewhere; at any rate. this cannot be the primary reference of the symbol, though all evil powers that oppose the Church of Christ are in some sense images and anticipations of antichrist. The genuine reference here is to the native chiefs and rulers ("in the land") who arose in the later times of the nation - monsters like Herod, false Christs and false prophets (<a href="/matthew/24-5.htm">Matthew 24:5, 11, 12, 24</a>; <a href="/mark/13-22.htm">Mark 13:22</a>), hirelings who made merchandise of the flock, teachers who came in their own name (<a href="/john/5-43.htm">John 5:43</a>), and deceived the people to their destruction. Which shall not visit those that be cut off; or, those that are perishing. This foolish shepherd shall perform none of the offices of a good shepherd; he will not care for and tend those that are in danger of death (<a href="/jeremiah/23-2.htm">Jeremiah 23:2</a>). The young one; rather, those that are scattered; Septuagint, τὸ ἐσκορπισμένον: Vulgate, dispersum (<a href="/matthew/18-12.htm">Matthew 18:12</a>). That that is broken. Bruised, or with limb fractured. Feed that that standeth still; literally, that standeth; i.e. is sound and healthy. This shepherd attended neither to the diseased nor to the healthy sheep. Septuagint, τὸ δλόκληρον, "that which is whole." He shall eat the flesh of the fat. He thinks only how to get personal advantage from the flock (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-8</a>). Tear their claws (hoofs) in pieces, as some say, by making them traverse rough places, and not caring where he led them; but as such travelling would not specially injure sheep, and as the immediate context is concerned with their treatment as food, it is better to see here a picture of a greedy and voracious man who tears asunder the very hoofs to suck out all the nourishment he can find, or one who mutilates the fattest of his flock, that they may not stray, and that he may always have a dainty morsel at hand. <a href="/commentaries/zechariah/11-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction behold, הִנֵּֽה־ (hin·nêh-) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! I אָנֹכִי֩ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I will raise up מֵקִ֨ים (mê·qîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand a shepherd רֹעֶ֜ה (rō·‘eh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with in the land בָּאָ֗רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land who will neither לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no care for יִפְקֹד֙ (yip̄·qōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6485.htm">Strong's 6485: </a> To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit the lost, הַנִּכְחָד֤וֹת (han·niḵ·ḥā·ḏō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3582.htm">Strong's 3582: </a> To secrete, by act, word, to destroy nor לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no seek יְבַקֵּ֔שׁ (yə·ḇaq·qêš) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> To search out, to strive after the young, הַנַּ֣עַר (han·na·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> A boy, lad, youth, retainer nor heal יְרַפֵּ֑א (yə·rap·pê) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> To mend, to cure the broken, וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶת (wə·han·niš·be·reṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> To break, break in pieces nor לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no sustain יְכַלְכֵּ֔ל (yə·ḵal·kêl) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3557.htm">Strong's 3557: </a> To keep in, to measure, to maintain the healthy, הַנִּצָּבָה֙ (han·niṣ·ṣā·ḇāh) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5324.htm">Strong's 5324: </a> To take one's stand, stand but he will devour יֹאכַ֔ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat the flesh וּבְשַׂ֤ר (ū·ḇə·śar) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man of the choice [sheep] הַבְּרִיאָה֙ (hab·bə·rî·’āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1277.htm">Strong's 1277: </a> Fatted, plump and tear off יְפָרֵֽק׃ (yə·p̄ā·rêq) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6561.htm">Strong's 6561: </a> To break off, crunch, to deliver their hooves. וּפַרְסֵיהֶ֖ן (ū·p̄ar·sê·hen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6541.htm">Strong's 6541: </a> A claw, split hoof <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zechariah/11-16.htm">Zechariah 11:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 11:16 For behold I will raise up (Zech. 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