Zechariah 11:15 “And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish…”

Zechariah 11:15

And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

World English Bible

The LORD said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord said vnto me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepheard.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord said to me, Take again the instruments of a foolish keeper of sheep.

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Cross references

“a foolish”

Isaiah 6:10–12 Lamentations 2:14 Ezekiel 13:3 Matthew 15:14 Matthew 23:17 Luke 11:40

Isaiah 6:10–12 · BSB

Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. ”

Lamentations 2:14 · BSB

The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.

Ezekiel 13:3 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

Matthew 15:14 · BSB

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:17 · BSB

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

Luke 11:40 · BSB

You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

16For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

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