Zechariah 11:4 “This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaug…”

Zechariah 11:4

This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

World English Bible

The LORD my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.

American Standard Version

Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus sayeth the Lord my God, Feede the sheepe of the slaughter.

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah my God: 'Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

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Cross references

“Lord”

Zechariah 14:5 John 20:17 Ephesians 1:3 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 49:5

Zechariah 14:5 · BSB

You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.

John 20:17 · BSB

“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

Ephesians 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

Isaiah 49:4 · BSB

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Isaiah 49:5 · BSB

And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

“Feed”

Zechariah 11:7 Matthew 23:37 Romans 15:8 Isaiah 40:9–11 Micah 5:4 Matthew 15:24

Zechariah 11:7 · BSB

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.

Matthew 23:37 · BSB

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

Romans 15:8 · BSB

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Isaiah 40:9–11 · BSB

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Micah 5:4 · BSB

He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.

Matthew 15:24 · BSB

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

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

In context

3Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

5whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

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