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They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/zechariah/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other’s hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.” <a href="/esv/zechariah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the LORD. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.” <a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.” <a href="/kjv/zechariah/11.htm">King James Bible</a> For I 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. <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/11.htm">New King James Version</a> For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” <a href="/nasb_/zechariah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I will no longer have compassion for the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I will let the people fall, each into another’s power and into the power of his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not rescue them from their power.” <a href="/nasb/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,&#8221 declares the LORD; &#8220but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another&#8217s power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For I shall no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I shall cause the men to fall, each into another’s power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I shall not deliver them from their power.” <a href="/lsb/zechariah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the land,” declares Yahweh; “but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another’s hand and into the hand of his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.” <a href="/amp/zechariah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into the hand of another and into the hands of his [foreign] king. And the enemy will strike the land, and I will not rescue the people from their hand.” <a href="/csb/zechariah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”—this is the LORD’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand.” <a href="/hcsb/zechariah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land"—this is the LORD&#8217s declaration. &#8220Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.&#8221 <a href="/asv/zechariah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor'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. <a href="/cev/zechariah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Tend those sheep because I, the LORD, will no longer have pity on the people of this earth. I'll turn neighbor against neighbor and make them slaves of a king. They will bring disaster on the earth, and I'll do nothing to rescue any of them. <a href="/erv/zechariah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> For I 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. <a href="/gwt/zechariah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD declares, "I will no longer have pity on those who live in the land. I am going to hand the people over to their neighbors and their king, who will crush the land. And I won't rescue any of them from their power." <a href="/gnt/zechariah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said, "I will no longer pity anyone on earth. I myself will put all the people in the power of their rulers. These rulers will devastate the earth, and I will not save it from their power.") <a href="/isv/zechariah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore I will no longer show compassion upon those who live in the land," declares the LORD. "Look! I will deliver every single person into the control of his neighbor and into the control of the king. Even though they assault the land, I will not deliver it from their control." <a href="/net/zechariah/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the LORD, "but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them." <a href="/nheb/zechariah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land," says the LORD; "but, look, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them." <a href="/wbt/zechariah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor'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.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/zechariah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.” <a href="/web/zechariah/11.htm">World English Bible</a> For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver every one of the men into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/zechariah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For I no longer have pity on inhabitants of the land, "" A declaration of YHWH, "" And behold, I am causing man to come forth, "" Each into the hand of his neighbor, "" And into the hand of his king, "" And they have beaten down the land, "" And I do not deliver out of their hand.” <a href="/ylt/zechariah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.' <a href="/slt/zechariah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I will no more have pity upon the inhabitants of the land, says Jehovah: and behold, the men to be found each in the hand of his neighbor, and in the hand of his king: and they beat the land, and I will not deliver from their hand.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/zechariah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will no more spare the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: behold I will deliver the men, every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall destroy the land, and I will not deliver it out of their hand. <a href="/cpdv/zechariah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And so, I will no longer spare the inhabitants upon the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver men, each one into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king. And they will cut down the land, and I will not rescue it from their hand. <a href="/nabre/zechariah/11.htm">New American Bible</a> For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the earth—oracle of the LORD.—Yes, I will deliver them into each other’s power, or into the power of their kings; they will crush the earth, and I will not deliver it out of their power. <a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD. I will cause them, every one, to fall each into the hand of a neighbor, and each into the hand of the king; and they shall devastate the earth, and I will deliver no one from their hand.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, says the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand and into the hand of his king; and they shall divide the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands. <a href="/hpbt/zechariah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because I do not have pity again on the inhabitants of the land, says LORD JEHOVAH, and behold, I hand over the children of men, each man into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his King, and they shall divide the land, and I shall not save it from their hands<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/zechariah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For I 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.' <a href="/sep/zechariah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand. <a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-6.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=1676" 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">The Doomed Flock</a> …5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them. 6<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</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.">I will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">longer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2550.htm" title="2550: ’eḥ·mō·wl (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To spare. A primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare.">have compassion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">but 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/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">will cause each</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: hā·’ā·ḏām (Art:: N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mam·ṣî (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To attain to, find. ">to fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">into the hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·‘ê·hū (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">of his neighbor</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ū·ḇə·yaḏ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: mal·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">his king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3807.htm" title="3807: wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To beat, crush by beating. A primitive root; to bruise or violently strike.">who will devastate</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and I will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: ’aṣ·ṣîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">deliver it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yā·ḏām (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from their hands.”</a> 7So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.…<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="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a> I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’ <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a> As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’ <a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a> Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-50</a> The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Isaiah 9:19-20</a> By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother. / They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring. <a href="/lamentations/2-20.htm">Lamentations 2:20</a> Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? <a href="/ezekiel/7-4.htm">Ezekiel 7:4</a> I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Jeremiah 13:14</a> I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’” <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a> I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. <a href="/matthew/24-12.htm">Matthew 24:12</a> Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. <a href="/luke/21-16.htm">Luke 21:16</a> You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death. <a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21</a> Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. <a href="/mark/13-12.htm">Mark 13:12</a> Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. <a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-31</a> Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ... <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-3</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, said the LORD: but, see, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor'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.I will no.<a href="/zechariah/11-5.htm">Zechariah 11:5</a> Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.<a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a> When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.<a href="/ezekiel/8-18.htm">Ezekiel 8:18</a> Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.deliver.<a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Zechariah 11:9,14</a> 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… <a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10</a> For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.<a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Isaiah 3:5</a> And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.into the.<a href="/daniel/9-26.htm">Daniel 9:26,27</a> And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined… <a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a> But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.<a href="/john/19-15.htm">John 19:15</a> But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.they shall.<a href="/malachi/4-6.htm">Malachi 4:6</a> And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. THE END OF THE PROPHETS.and out.<a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Psalm 50:22</a> Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.<a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Hosea 2:10</a> And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.<a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Micah 5:8</a> And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/zechariah/3-10.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-12.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-7.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-2.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-13.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-21.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-11.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-26.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-5.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Power</a> <a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-4.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-11.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Another's</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-4.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/matthew/5-25.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-2.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-6.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-5.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-2.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-13.htm">Neighbor</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-24.htm">Neighbor's</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-13.htm">Neighbour's</a> <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/malachi/3-17.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Power</a> <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Rescue</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Shepherd</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-17.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-17.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/malachi/1-3.htm">Waste</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/zechariah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/zechariah/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD This phrase indicates a divine judgment and a withdrawal of God's protective mercy. Historically, this reflects a period when Israel faced consequences for their disobedience and idolatry. The "people of the land" refers to the inhabitants of Israel, who were often warned by prophets about the repercussions of turning away from God. This echoes earlier warnings found in <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a>, where God speaks of hiding His face due to the people's sins.but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king This suggests internal strife and external oppression. The phrase "each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor" implies civil discord and societal breakdown, reminiscent of the chaos described in <a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>, where everyone did what was right in their own eyes. The reference to "his king" points to foreign domination, as seen in the Babylonian and Assyrian captivities, where foreign rulers exerted control over Israel.who will devastate the land The devastation of the land signifies both physical destruction and spiritual desolation. Historically, this can be linked to the invasions and exiles that Israel experienced, such as the Babylonian conquest. Theologically, it reflects the consequences of breaking the covenant with God, as outlined in <a href="/leviticus/26-32.htm">Leviticus 26:32-33</a>, where disobedience leads to the land becoming desolate.and I will not deliver it from their hands. This final phrase underscores the severity of the judgment, where God chooses not to intervene. It highlights the seriousness of divine justice when the covenant is broken. This is a sobering reminder of the consequences of persistent rebellion against God, as seen in the exile narratives of <a href="/2_kings/24.htm">2 Kings 24-25</a>. It also contrasts with the hope of deliverance found in other prophetic texts, such as <a href="/isaiah/43.htm">Isaiah 43:1-2</a>, where God promises redemption to a repentant people.<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. His prophecies often contained visions and symbolic actions. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The sovereign God of Israel, who speaks through Zechariah, expressing His judgment and plans for His people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_the_land.htm">The People of the Land</a> Refers to the inhabitants of Israel who are subject to God's judgment due to their disobedience and rejection of His covenant. 4. <a href="/topical/n/neighbor_and_king.htm">Neighbor and King</a> Symbolic representations of societal and political structures that will turn against the people as part of God's judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_shepherds.htm">The Shepherds</a> Leaders or rulers who are supposed to guide and protect the people but fail in their duties, leading to God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_sovereignty.htm">Divine Judgment and Sovereignty</a> God is sovereign and just in His judgments. When leaders fail to fulfill their responsibilities, God may allow consequences to unfold as a form of judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Leaders are accountable to God for their actions. Neglecting their duties can lead to societal breakdown and divine judgment. <a href="/topical/i/interpersonal_relationships.htm">Interpersonal Relationships</a> The breakdown of relationships among neighbors and within communities can be a sign of deeper spiritual issues that need addressing. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_amidst_judgment.htm">God's Faithfulness Amidst Judgment</a> Even in judgment, God remains faithful to His covenant and promises restoration for those who return to Him. <a href="/topical/p/personal_responsibility.htm">Personal Responsibility</a> Each individual is responsible for their actions and must seek to live in accordance with God's will, regardless of the failures of leaders.<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/is_a_heavenly_mother_biblical.htm">Is the concept of a heavenly mother biblical?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_60_queens_fit_solomon's_700_wives.htm">(Song of Solomon 6:8) How can sixty queens and eighty concubines align with Solomon's reputed 700 wives and 300 concubines (1 Kings 11:3)?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_25_6_align_with_israel's_exclusivity.htm">How does Isaiah 25:6, which speaks of a universal feast for all peoples, align with other Old Testament passages emphasizing Israel's exclusivity?</a> <a href="/q/should_you_honor_an_abusive_parent.htm">Should you honor an abusive parent?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - The inhabitants of the land. It is a question whether by this expression is meant the Israelites, or the dwellers on earth generally. In the former ease, the verso gives the reason of the calamities depicted in ver. 5, viz. God's displeasure, and expounds the parable of the sheep as meaning men (so Cheyne). In the other case, the signification of the paragraph is that God intends to put an end to the state of things just described, by punishing the oppressing world powers who had so cruelly executed their office of being instruments of God's judgment on his people. The latter seems the correct exposition; for the people of Israel have just been called the flock of slaughter, and they were to be fed, while these "inhabitants" are to be destroyed; nor could the Israelites be said to have kings, as just below. Thus for, at the beginning of the verse, introduces the reason why Jehovah tells the shepherd to feed the flock, because he is about to punish their oppressors; and "the inhabitants of the land" should be "the inhabitants of the earth;" i.e. the nations of the world, among whom the Israelites lived. I will deliver the men, etc. God will give up the nations to intestine commotions and civil war, so that they shall fall by mutual slaughter. Into the hand of his king. Each of them shall be delivered over helpless unto their tyrant's hands, and God will not interpose to succour them. <a href="/commentaries/zechariah/11-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֠י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no longer ע֛וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more have compassion אֶחְמ֥וֹל (’eḥ·mō·wl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2550.htm">Strong's 2550: </a> To commiserate, to spare on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the people יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry of the land,” הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel “but behold, וְהִנֵּ֨ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! I אָנֹכִ֜י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I will cause each אִ֤ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person man הָאָדָ֗ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being to fall מַמְצִ֣יא (mam·ṣî) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present into the hand בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of his neighbor רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> Friend, companion, fellow and וּבְיַ֣ד (ū·ḇə·yaḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of his king, מַלְכּ֔וֹ (mal·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king who will devastate וְכִתְּתוּ֙ (wə·ḵit·tə·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3807.htm">Strong's 3807: </a> To bruise, violently strike the land, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land and I will not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no deliver it אַצִּ֖יל (’aṣ·ṣîl) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver from their hands.” מִיָּדָֽם׃ (mî·yā·ḏām) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/zechariah/11-6.htm">Zechariah 11:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-6.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 11:6 For I will no more pity (Zech. 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