Zechariah 11:4
What does Zechariah 11:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Zechariah 11:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thus saith the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thus saith Jehovah myGod: Feed the flock of slaughter,
Context
v.3A 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 laid waste.
v.4This passage
v.5whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 15:24
But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- John 21:15
So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- Micah 5:4
And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 14:5
And ye shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azel; yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and Jehovah my God shall come, and all the holy ones with thee.
- Matthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
- Ezekiel 34:23
And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
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