Zec 11:2Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
Zec 11:3There is a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is [fn]brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the [fn]pride of Jordan is brought down.
Zec 11:5which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
Zec 11:6Therefore 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.
Zec 11:7And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
Zec 11:9And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which [fn]falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.
Zec 11:13And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good metal, as I was proved for their sakes. [fn] And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.
Zec 11:16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall [fn]dislocate the joints of their necks.
Zec 11:17Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon [fn]the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
