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The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/zechariah/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/zechariah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/zechariah/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/zechariah/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I dismissed the three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/zechariah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I did away with the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was tired of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/zechariah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/zechariah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/zechariah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me <i>and</i> despised me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/zechariah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/zechariah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/zechariah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/zechariah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In less than a month, I became impatient with three shepherds who didn't like me, and I got rid of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/zechariah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/zechariah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/zechariah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/zechariah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/zechariah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/zechariah/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/zechariah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/zechariah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/zechariah/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/zechariah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul has abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/zechariah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/zechariah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will conceal three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be shortened for them, and also their soul loathed for me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/zechariah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/zechariah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I cut down three shepherds in one month. And my soul became contracted concerning them, just as their soul also varied concerning me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/zechariah/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In a single month, I did away with the three shepherds, for I wearied of them, and they disdained me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/zechariah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/zechariah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/zechariah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I destroyed three Shepherds in one month and my soul was weary of them, also their souls howled against me<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/zechariah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/zechariah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/11-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CFPk_KgOyMk?start=1711" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/zechariah/11.htm">The Doomed Flock</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>So 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. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">And in one</a> <a href="/hebrew/3391.htm" title="3391: bə·ye·raḥ (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Month. From a unused root of uncertain signification; a lunation, i.e. Month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/3582.htm" title="3582: wā·’aḵ·ḥiḏ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To hide. A primitive root; to secrete, by act or word; hence to destroy.">I dismissed</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/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">three</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: hā·rō·‘îm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">shepherds.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">My soul</a> <a href="/hebrew/7114.htm" title="7114: wat·tiq·ṣar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To dock off, curtail, to harvest. A primitive root; to dock off, i.e. Curtail; especially to harvest.">grew impatient</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">with the flock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">and their souls</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">also</a> <a href="/hebrew/973.htm" title="973: bā·ḥă·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To feel a loathing. A primitive root; to loath.">detested</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-2.htm">Ezekiel 34:2-10</a></span><br />“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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2</a></span><br />“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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13-36</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-12.htm">John 10:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Jeremiah 25:34-38</a></span><br />Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery. / Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock. / Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-14.htm">Matthew 26:14-16</a></span><br />Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests / and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver. / So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-15.htm">John 19:15</a></span><br />At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a></span><br />Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber. / 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: / “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Matthew 27:3-10</a></span><br />When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders. / “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.” / So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm">Hosea 4:4-6</a></span><br />But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest. / You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother— / My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-1.htm">Micah 3:1-4</a></span><br />Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice? / You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones. / You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a></span><br />You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-8.htm">Jeremiah 2:8</a></span><br />The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-10.htm">Mark 14:10-11</a></span><br />Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. / They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.</p><p class="hdg">in.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Hosea 5:7</a></b></br> They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34-36</a></b></br> Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and <i>some</i> of them ye shall kill and crucify; and <i>some</i> of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute <i>them</i> from city to city: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-50.htm">Matthew 24:50,51</a></b></br> The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for <i>him</i>, and in an hour that he is not aware of, … </p><p class="hdg">and my.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-11.htm">Leviticus 26:11,30,44</a></b></br> And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Deuteronomy 32:19</a></b></br> And when the LORD saw <i>it</i>, he abhorred <i>them</i>, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Psalm 5:5</a></b></br> The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.</p><p class="hdg">lothed them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Isaiah 49:7</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, <i>and</i> his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, <i>and</i> the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-50.htm">Luke 12:50</a></b></br> But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/19-14.htm">Luke 19:14</a></b></br> But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this <i>man</i> to reign over us.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/micah/6-10.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/daniel/7-26.htm">Annihilated</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-10.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Detested</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/micah/2-7.htm">Impatient</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-5.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Loathed</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm">Month</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-5.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-10.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-31.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-12.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-9.htm">Vexed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Weary</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Annihilated</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-9.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Detested</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-11.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/matthew/13-7.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/matthew/14-9.htm">Grieved</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Impatient</a> <a href="/matthew/8-33.htm">Keepers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Loathed</a> <a href="/luke/1-26.htm">Month</a> <a href="/matthew/28-14.htm">Rid</a> <a href="/luke/2-8.htm">Shepherds</a> <a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/matthew/11-29.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Three</a> <a href="/matthew/26-43.htm">Tired</a> <a href="/matthew/14-9.htm">Vexed</a> <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Weary</a><div class="vheading2">Zechariah 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">The destruction of Jerusalem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-3.htm">The elect being cared for, the rest are rejected.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-10.htm">The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/zechariah/11-15.htm">The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.</a></span><br></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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The "three shepherds" are often interpreted as leaders or classes of leaders, such as prophets, priests, and kings, who failed in their duties. The "one month" indicates a swift and decisive action, emphasizing the urgency and severity of God's judgment. Historically, this could reflect a period of turmoil and leadership failure in Israel. The dismissal of these shepherds prefigures the rejection of corrupt leadership and points to the coming of a true shepherd, Jesus Christ, who fulfills the role of the perfect leader.<p><b>My soul grew impatient with the flock,</b><br>This phrase highlights God's frustration and weariness with the people of Israel due to their persistent disobedience and rebellion. The imagery of God as a shepherd reflects His care and guidance, but the people's continual waywardness leads to divine impatience. This sentiment is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/1-14.htm">Isaiah 1:14</a> and <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a>, where God expresses His weariness with Israel's sin. It underscores the theme of divine judgment and the need for repentance and renewal.<p><b>and their souls also detested me.</b><br>Here, the mutual estrangement between God and His people is emphasized. The people's detestation of God reflects their rejection of His covenant and commandments, leading to a breakdown in the relationship. This mirrors the broader biblical narrative of Israel's repeated cycles of rebellion and repentance. The phrase also foreshadows the rejection of Jesus Christ by many of His contemporaries, as seen in <a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a>, where He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him. This mutual detestation underscores the need for reconciliation through Christ, the Good Shepherd, who restores the broken relationship between God and humanity.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zechariah.htm">Zechariah</a></b><br>A prophet in the post-exilic period who conveyed God's messages to the people of Israel. His prophecies often contained symbolic actions and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/three_shepherds.htm">Three Shepherds</a></b><br>These figures are symbolic and have been interpreted in various ways, including as leaders or rulers of Israel who were unfaithful or ineffective in their roles.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom Zechariah was prophesying, often depicted as a flock under the care of shepherds (leaders).<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_impatience.htm">God's Impatience</a></b><br>Reflects God's judgment and dissatisfaction with the leaders of Israel, highlighting a divine response to their failures.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mutual_detestation.htm">Mutual Detestation</a></b><br>Indicates a breakdown in the relationship between God and the leaders, symbolizing a broader spiritual decline.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_on_leadership.htm">Divine Judgment on Leadership</a></b><br>God holds leaders accountable for their actions and their stewardship over His people. This serves as a warning to current leaders in both religious and secular contexts.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithful_leadership.htm">The Importance of Faithful Leadership</a></b><br>The failure of the shepherds in Zechariah's time underscores the need for leaders who are faithful, just, and aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_impatience.htm">God's Patience and Impatience</a></b><br>While God is patient, there is a limit to His tolerance of unfaithfulness. This calls believers to self-examination and repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mutual_relationship_with_god.htm">Mutual Relationship with God</a></b><br>The mutual detestation between God and the shepherds highlights the importance of maintaining a healthy, respectful relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment</a></b><br>Jesus as the Good Shepherd fulfills the need for righteous leadership, offering believers a model to follow and a source of hope.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_zechariah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Zechariah 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_god_reveal_to_zechariah.htm">What visions and messages did Zechariah receive from God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_spiritual_covering.htm">What does the Bible say about spiritual covering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/zechariah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - In executing the office of feeding the flock, <span class="cmt_word">three shepherds also I out off in one month;</span> Septuagint, "And I will take away the three shepherds in one month." The article in the Hebrew and Greek seems to point to some known shepherds, three in number, unless we take it as "threes of the shepherds." Hence expositors have sought to find historical personages to whom the term might apply. Those who assert a pre-exilian origin for this part of the prophecy, suggest the three kings, Zachariah, Shallum, and Menahem; or, as Menahem reigned ten years, some unrecorded pretender, who started up at the time. Others see some Syrian monarchs in Maccabean times; or the three offices, king, prophet, priest; or the three dynasties that oppressed Israel, viz. the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, and Macedonian. All these interpretations fail in some point; and we are reduced to see herein a reference, as Cheyne says, to "the prompt and vigorous action of Jehovah's Shepherd in dealing with the evil shepherds, as well as in feeding the flock;" the number three being used indefinitely. Or we may find in this number an allusion to the three classes in ver. 5 - the buyers, the sellers, and the pitiless shepherds. The oppressors, external and internal, are removed and cut off in one month. To the prophet's eye all this seemed to take place in that short space of time. If anything more is intended, we may, with Keil and others, taking the month as consisting of thirty days, assume that ten days are assigned to the destruction of each shepherd, after each had fulfilled his allotted period - the number ten expressing perfection or completion. <span class="cmt_word">And my soul loathed them;</span> literally, <span class="accented">but my soul was straitened for them</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> was impatient, weary of them. These words begin a new paragraph, and refer, not to the three shepherds, but to the sheep, the Israelites. The prophet now shows how ill the people had responded to God's manifold care, and mingles with the past a view of their future ingratitude and disobedience which will bring upon them final ruin. God, as it were, was weary of their continual backslidings and obstinate perseverance in evil. (For the phrase, see <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4</a>; <a href="/judges/16-16.htm">Judges 16:16</a>; <a href="/job/21-4.htm">Job 21:4</a>.) It is the opposite to long suffering. <span class="cmt_word">Their soul also abhorred me.</span> They showed their abhorrence by their devotion to idols and their disinclination for all goodness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/zechariah/11-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And in one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיֶ֣רַח</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ye·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3391.htm">Strong's 3391: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lunation, month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I dismissed</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאַכְחִ֛ד</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’aḵ·ḥiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3582.htm">Strong's 3582: </a> </span><span class="str2">To secrete, by act, word, to destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">three</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shepherds.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרֹעִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rō·‘îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My soul</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁי֙</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">grew impatient</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּקְצַ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tiq·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7114.htm">Strong's 7114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dock off, curtail, to harvest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with [the flock],</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their souls</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשָׁ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">also</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">detested</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּחֲלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḥă·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_973.htm">Strong's 973: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feel a loathing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/zechariah/11-8.htm">Zechariah 11:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">OT Prophets: Zechariah 11:8 I cut off the three shepherds (Zech. 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