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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Zechariah 11 ISV</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="../">ISV</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 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">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/zechariah/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Destruction of Lebanon and Bashan</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Open your doors, Lebanon,</p> <p class="poetry2">and fire will consume your cedars.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:1 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family Pinaceae; and so throughout the chapter">a</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Wail, cypress tree,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the cedar has fallen</p> <p class="poetry2">while the stately trees are destroyed.</p> <p class="poetry2">Wail, oak trees of Bashan,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the old growth forest has been cut down.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Hear<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:3 The Heb. lacks Hear">b</a></span> the wailing of the shepherds,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the magnificence of the forest<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:3 The Heb. lacks of the forest">c</a></span> is ruined!</p> <p class="poetry2">Hear<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:3 The Heb. lacks Hear">d</a></span> the roar of the lions,</p> <p class="poetry2">for the Jordan’s arrogance is ruined!</p> <p class="heading">The Shepherd</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This is what the LORD my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:4 Lit. flock of the">e</a></span> slaughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Their buyers slaughter them without being punished, continuing to sell them as they say, ‘Bless the LORD!’ and, ‘I’m rich!’ Meanwhile, their shepherds show them no compassion. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:6 Lit. hand">f</a></span> of his neighbor and into the control<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:6 Lit. hand">g</a></span> of the king. Even though they assault the land, I will not deliver it from their control.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:6 Lit. hand">h</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I became shepherd of the flock marked for<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:7 Lit. flock of the">i</a></span> slaughter, paying attention to the oppressed of the flock. I took two staffs—naming one “Pleasant” and the other one “Union”—and then I pastured the flock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So I said, “I will no longer be your shepherd. Let those who are about to die perish, and let what is about to be destroyed be destroyed. As for the survivors, let them devour each other.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then I took the staff that I had named “Pleasant” and broke it, showing I was breaking my covenant that I had made with all of the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>It was broken at that time<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:11 Lit. day">j</a></span> so the oppressed of the flock who were observing me would know that it had been a message from the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I told them, “If it’s alright with you, pay me what I’ve earned. But if it isn’t, don’t.”</p> <p class="reg">So they paid out what I had earned—30 pieces of silver.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:12 The Heb. lacks a specific unit of measurement">k</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the LORD told me, “Throw the money<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:13 The Syr reads Throw it">l</a></span> into the treasury<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:13 According to Syr">m</a></span> —that magnificent value they placed on me!”</p> <p class="reg">So I took the 30 shekels of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:13 The Heb. lacks a specific unit of measurement">n</a></span> silver and threw them into the treasury<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="11:13 According to Syr">o</a></span> of the Temple of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I broke my second staff—the one I had named “Union”—breaking the union between the house of Judah and the house of Israel.</p> <p class="heading">God’s Curse on the Worthless Shepherd</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The LORD told me, “Pick up the tools of a worthless shepherd again, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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.”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Woe to the worthless shepherd,</p> <p class="poetry2">who deserts the flock!</p> <p class="poetry2">May the sword strike his arm</p> <p class="poetry2">and his right eye.</p> <p class="poetry2">May his arm wither</p> <p class="poetry2">and his right eye be completely blind.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 11:1 i.e. a genus of coniferous evergreen in the family <i>Pinaceae</i>; and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 11:3 The Heb. lacks <i>Hear</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 11:3 The Heb. lacks <i>of the forest</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 11:3 The Heb. lacks <i>Hear</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 11:4 Lit. <i>flock of the</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 11:6 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 11:6 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 11:6 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 11:7 Lit. <i>flock of the</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 11:11 Lit. <i>day</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 11:12 The Heb. lacks a specific unit of measurement<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 11:13 The Syr reads <i>Throw it</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 11:13 According to Syr<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 11:13 The Heb. lacks a specific unit of measurement<br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 11:13 According to Syr<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../zechariah/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Zechariah 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Zechariah 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../zechariah/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Zechariah 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Zechariah 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/zechariah/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>