[[Zechariah 10|<< Zechariah 10]] | [[Zechariah|Zechariah]] | [[Zechariah 12|Zechariah 12 >>]] ### Zechariah 11 1 OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. ^1 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. ^2 3 ¶ _There_ _is_ a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. ^3 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; ^4 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed _be_ the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. ^5 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver _them_. ^6 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, _even_ you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. ^7 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. ^8 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dies, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. ^9 10 ¶ And I took my staff, _even_ Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. ^10 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it _was_ the word of the LORD. ^11 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give _me_ my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty _pieces_ of silver. ^12 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty _pieces_ of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. ^13 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, _even_ Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. ^14 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. ^15 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, _which_ shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. ^16 17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword _shall_ _be_ upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. ^17