Zechariah 11 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Zechariah 12

¹A revelation of Yahweh’s word concerning Israel: Yahweh, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:

KJVThe burden^H4853 of the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 for Israel^H3478, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, which stretcheth^H5186^(H8802) forth the heavens^H8064, and layeth the foundation^H3245^(H8801) of the earth^H776, and formeth^H3335^(H8802) the spirit^H7307 of man^H120 within^H7130 him.

² “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.

KJVBehold, I will make^H7760^(H8802) Jerusalem^H3389 a cup^H5592 of trembling^H7478 unto all the people^H5971 round about^H5439, when they shall be in the siege^H4692 both against Judah^H3063 and against Jerusalem^H3389.

³ It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.

KJVAnd in that day^H3117 will I make^H7760^(H8799) Jerusalem^H3389 a burdensome^H4614 stone^H68 for all people^H5971: all that burden^H6006^(H8802) themselves with it shall be cut in pieces^H8295^(H8800)^H8295^(H8735), though all the people^H1471 of the earth^H776 be gathered together^H622^(H8738) against it.

⁴ In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.

KJVIn that day^H3117, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068, I will smite^H5221^(H8686) every horse^H5483 with astonishment^H8541, and his rider^H7392^(H8802) with madness^H7697: and I will open^H6491^(H8799) mine eyes^H5869 upon the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063, and will smite^H5221^(H8686) every horse^H5483 of the people^H5971 with blindness^H5788.

⁵ The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.’

KJVAnd the governors^H441 of Judah^H3063 shall say^H559^(H8804) in their heart^H3820, The inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389 shall be my strength^H556 in the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 their God^H430.

⁶ In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.

KJVIn that day^H3117 will I make^H7760^(H8799) the governors^H441 of Judah^H3063 like an hearth^H3595 of fire^H784 among the wood^H6086, and like a torch^H3940 of fire^H784 in a sheaf^H5995; and they shall devour^H398^(H8804) all the people^H5971 round about^H5439, on the right hand^H3225 and on the left^H8040: and Jerusalem^H3389 shall be inhabited^H3427^(H8804) again in her own place, even in Jerusalem^H3389.

⁷ Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.

KJVThe LORD^H3068 also shall save^H3467^(H8689) the tents^H168 of Judah^H3063 first^H7223, that the glory^H8597 of the house^H1004 of David^H1732 and the glory^H8597 of the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389 do not magnify^H1431^(H8799) themselves against Judah^H3063.

⁸ In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like Yahweh’s angel before them.

KJVIn that day^H3117 shall the LORD^H3068 defend^H1598^(H8686) the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389; and he that is feeble^H3782^(H8737) among them at that day^H3117 shall be as David^H1732; and the house^H1004 of David^H1732 shall be as God^H430, as the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 before^H6440 them.

⁹ It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

KJVAnd it shall come to pass in that day^H3117, that I will seek^H1245^(H8762) to destroy^H8045^(H8687) all the nations^H1471 that come^H935^(H8802) against Jerusalem^H3389.

¹⁰ I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for his firstborn.

KJVAnd I will pour^H8210^(H8804) upon the house^H1004 of David^H1732, and upon the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of Jerusalem^H3389, the spirit^H7307 of grace^H2580 and of supplications^H8469: and they shall look^H5027^(H8689) upon me whom they have pierced^H1856^(H8804), and they shall mourn^H4553 for him, as one mourneth^H5594^(H8804) for his only^H3173 son, and shall be in bitterness^H4843^(H8687) for him, as one that is in bitterness^H4843^(H8687) for his firstborn^H1060.

¹¹ In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo.

KJVIn that day^H3117 shall there be a great^H1431^(H8799) mourning^H4553 in Jerusalem^H3389, as the mourning^H4553 of Hadadrimmon^H1910 in the valley^H1237 of Megiddon^H4023.

¹² The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of David’s house apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

KJVAnd the land^H776 shall mourn^H5594^(H8804), every^H4940 family^H4940 apart^H905; the family^H4940 of the house^H1004 of David^H1732 apart, and their wives^H802 apart; the family^H4940 of the house^H1004 of Nathan^H5416 apart, and their wives^H802 apart;

¹³ the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

KJVThe family^H4940 of the house^H1004 of Levi^H3878 apart, and their wives^H802 apart; the family^H4940 of Shimei^H8097 apart, and their wives^H802 apart;

¹⁴ all the families who remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

KJVAll the families^H4940 that remain^H7604^(H8737), every family^H4940 apart, and their wives^H802 apart.

WEB·Zechariah 11

¹Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.

KJVOpen^H6605^(H8798) thy doors^H1817, O Lebanon^H3844, that the fire^H784 may devour^H398^(H8799) thy cedars^H730.

² Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.

KJVHowl^H3213^(H8685), fir tree^H1265; for the cedar^H730 is fallen^H5307^(H8804); because the mighty^H117 are spoiled^H7703^(H8795): howl^H3213^(H8685), O ye oaks^H437 of Bashan^H1316; for the forest^H3293 of the vintage^H1208^(H8675)^H1219^(H8803) is come down^H3381^(H8804).

³ A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed—a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.

KJVThere is a voice^H6963 of the howling^H3215 of the shepherds^H7462^(H8802); for their glory^H155 is spoiled^H7703^(H8795): a voice^H6963 of the roaring^H7581 of young lions^H3715; for the pride^H1347 of Jordan^H3383 is spoiled^H7703^(H8795).

⁴ Yahweh my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 my God^H430; Feed^H7462^(H8798) the flock^H6629 of the slaughter^H2028;

⁵ Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them.

KJVWhose possessors^H7069^(H8802) slay^H2026^(H8799) them, and hold themselves not guilty^H816^(H8799): and they that sell^H4376^(H8802) them say^H559^(H8799), Blessed^H1288^(H8803) be the LORD^H3068; for I am rich^H6238^(H8686): and their own shepherds^H7462^(H8802) pity^H2550^(H8799) them not.

⁶ For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says Yahweh; “but, behold, I will deliver every one of the men into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”

KJVFor I will no more pity^H2550^(H8799) the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776, saith^H5002^(H8803) the LORD^H3068: but, lo, I will deliver^H4672^(H8688) the men^H120 every one^H376 into his neighbour's^H7453 hand^H3027, and into the hand^H3027 of his king^H4428: and they shall smite^H3807^(H8765) the land^H776, and out of their hand^H3027 I will not deliver^H5337^(H8686) them.

⁷ So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.

KJVAnd I will feed^H7462^(H8799) the flock^H6629 of slaughter^H2028, even you^H3651, O poor^H6041 of the flock^H6629. And I took^H3947^(H8799) unto me two^H8147 staves^H4731; the one^H259 I called^H7121^(H8804) Beauty^H5278, and the other^H259 I called^H7121^(H8804) Bands^H2254^(H8802); and I fed^H7462^(H8799) the flock^H6629.

⁸ I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

KJVThree^H7969 shepherds^H7462^(H8802) also I cut off^H3582^(H8686) in one^H259 month^H3391; and my soul^H5315 lothed^H7114^(H8799) them, and their soul^H5315 also abhorred^H973^(H8804) me.

⁹ Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) I, I will not feed^H7462^(H8799) you: that that dieth^H4191^(H8801), let it die^H4191^(H8799); and that that is to be cut off^H3582^(H8737), let it be cut off^H3582^(H8735); and let the rest^H7604^(H8737) eat^H398^(H8799) every one^H802 the flesh^H1320 of another^H7468.

¹⁰ I took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

KJVAnd I took^H3947^(H8799) my staff^H4731, even Beauty^H5278, and cut it asunder^H1438^(H8799), that I might break^H6565^(H8687) my covenant^H1285 which I had made^H3772^(H8804) with all the people^H5971.

¹¹ It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahweh’s word.

KJVAnd it was broken^H6565^(H8714) in that day^H3117: and so the poor^H6041 of the flock^H6629 that waited^H8104^(H8802) upon me knew^H3045^(H8799) that it was the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068.

¹² I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.

KJVAnd I said^H559^(H8799) unto them, If ye think^H5869 good^H2896, give^H3051^(H8798) me my price^H7939; and if not, forbear^H2308^(H8798). So they weighed^H8254^(H8799) for my price^H7939 thirty^H7970 pieces of silver^H3701.

¹³ Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in Yahweh’s house.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Cast^H7993^(H8685) it unto the potter^H3335^(H8802): a goodly^H145 price^H3366 that I was prised at^H3365^(H8804) of them. And I took^H3947^(H8799) the thirty^H7970 pieces of silver^H3701, and cast^H7993^(H8686) them to the potter^H3335^(H8802) in the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068.

¹⁴ Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

KJVThen I cut asunder^H1438^(H8799) mine other^H8145 staff^H4731, even Bands^H2254^(H8802), that I might break^H6565^(H8687) the brotherhood^H264 between Judah^H3063 and Israel^H3478.

¹⁵ Yahweh said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Take^H3947^(H8798) unto thee yet the instruments^H3627 of a foolish^H196 shepherd^H7462^(H8802).

¹⁶ For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

KJVFor, lo, I will raise up^H6965^(H8688) a shepherd^H7462^(H8802) in the land^H776, which shall not visit^H6485^(H8799) those that be cut off^H3582^(H8737), neither shall seek^H1245^(H8762) the young one^H5289, nor heal^H7495^(H8762) that that is broken^H7665^(H8737), nor feed^H3557^(H8770) that that standeth^H5324^(H8737) still: but he shall eat^H398^(H8799) the flesh^H1320 of the fat^H1277, and tear^H6561 their claws^H6541 in pieces^H6561^(H8762).

¹⁷ Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”

KJVWoe^H1945 to the idol^H457 shepherd^H7473 that leaveth^H5800^(H8802) the flock^H6629! the sword^H2719 shall be upon his arm^H2220, and upon his right^H3225 eye^H5869: his arm^H2220 shall be clean^H3001^(H8800) dried up^H3001^(H8799), and his right^H3225 eye^H5869 shall be utterly^H3543^(H8800) darkened^H3543^(H8799).

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