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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Zechariah 11 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zechariah/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/zechariah/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Zechariah 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/10.htm" title="Zechariah 10">◄</a> Zechariah 11 <a href="../zechariah/12.htm" title="Zechariah 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>OPEN your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Wail, O fir tree; for the cedar has fallen and the mighty are plundered! Wail, O oaks of Bashan; for the mighty forest has fallen!<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>There is a voice of the howling of shepherds; for their glory is ruined; a voice of the roaring of the lions; because the forest of Jordan is spoiled.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the lean flock <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Whose buyers slaughter them, and hold themselves not guilty; and those who sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for he has enriched us; and their own shepherds have no pity on them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>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.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>So I fed the lean flock, for there were many sheep; and I took two staffs; the one I called Pleasant and the other I called Cord, and I fed the flock. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>Three shepherds I did away with in one month; and my soul was wearied of them, and their soul also howled against me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>Then I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be lost, let it be lost; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>And I took my staff, even Pleasant, and I broke it, thus nullifying the covenant which I had with all the peoples. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And it was nullified in that very day; and so the meek of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And I said to them, If it seems good in your sight, give me my wages; and if not, then you are doing me injustice. So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And the LORD said to me, Cast it into the treasury; a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them into the treasury in the house of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I broke my other staff, even Measuring-line, that I might nullify the agreements between Judah and Israel.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>And the LORD said to me, Take to yourself the clothes of a foolish shepherd. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>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.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Woe to you, O foolish shepherd, for you have left the flock neglected on your side and before your eyes! Let your right arm be withered and your right eye be blinded.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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