Zechariah 10:3
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3 “My anger is kindled against the (A)shepherds,
(B)And I will punish the [a]goatherds.
For the Lord of hosts (C)will visit His flock,
The house of Judah,
And (D)will make them as His royal horse in the battle.
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- Zechariah 10:3 Leaders
Ezekiel 34:7-10
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7 ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 “As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock (A)became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, (B)but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”— 9 therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord! 10 Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am (C)against the shepherds, and (D)I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall (E)feed themselves no more; for I will (F)deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.”
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Ezekiel 34:2
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2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: (A)“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
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Zechariah 11:17
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17 “Woe(A) to the worthless shepherd,
Who leaves the flock!
A sword shall be against his arm
And against his right eye;
His arm shall completely wither,
And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
Zephaniah 2:7
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7 The coast shall be for (A)the remnant of the house of Judah;
They shall feed their flocks there;
In the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God will (B)intervene[a] for them,
And (C)return their captives.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:7 Lit. visit them
Ezekiel 34:20-21
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20 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: (A)“Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat and the lean sheep. 21 Because you have pushed with side and shoulder, butted all the weak ones with your horns, and scattered them abroad,
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Ezekiel 34:16-17
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16 (A)“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy (B)the fat and the strong, and feed them (C)in judgment.”
17 ‘And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: (D)“Behold, I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and goats.
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Jeremiah 25:34
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34 “Wail,(A) shepherds, and cry!
Roll about in the ashes,
You leaders of the flock!
For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled;
You shall fall like a precious vessel.
Jeremiah 23:1-2
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The Branch of Righteousness
23 “Woe (A)to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” says the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: “You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. (B)Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings,” says the Lord.
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Proverbs 21:31
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31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But (A)deliverance is of the Lord.
1 Peter 2:12
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12 (A)having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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Luke 1:68
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Ruth 1:6
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Naomi Returns with Ruth
6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had (A)visited[a] His people by (B)giving them bread.
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- Ruth 1:6 attended to
Exodus 4:31
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31 So the people (A)believed; and when they heard that the Lord had (B)visited the children of Israel and that He (C)had looked on their affliction, then (D)they bowed their heads and worshiped.
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Matthew 25:32-33
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32 (A)All the nations will be gathered before Him, and (B)He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 33 And He will set the (C)sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Zechariah 11:5-8
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5 whose owners slaughter them and (A)feel no guilt; those who sell them (B)say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich’; and their shepherds do (C)not pity them. 6 For I will no longer pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the Lord. “But indeed I will give everyone into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They shall [a]attack the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.”
7 So I fed the flock for slaughter, [b]in particular (D)the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [c]Beauty, and the other I called [d]Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I [e]dismissed the three shepherds (E)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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- Zechariah 11:6 Lit. strike
- Zechariah 11:7 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX for the Canaanites
- Zechariah 11:7 Or Grace
- Zechariah 11:7 Or Unity
- Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off
Zephaniah 1:8
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8 “And it shall be,
In the day of the Lord’s sacrifice,
That I will punish (A)the princes and the king’s children,
And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
Jeremiah 50:6
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6 “My people have been (A)lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them (B)astray;
They have turned them away on (C)the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place.
Jeremiah 25:12
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12 ‘Then it will come to pass, (A)when [a]seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,’ says the Lord; (B)‘and I will make it a perpetual desolation.
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- Jeremiah 25:12 Beginning circa 605 b.c. (2 Kin. 24:1) and ending circa 536 b.c. (Ezra 1:1)
Jeremiah 11:22
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22 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall (A)die by famine;
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Jeremiah 10:21
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21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be (A)scattered.
Isaiah 56:9-12
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Israel’s Irresponsible Leaders
9 (A)All you beasts of the field, come to devour,
All you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are (B)blind,
They are all ignorant;
(C)They are all dumb dogs,
They cannot bark;
[a]Sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yes, they are (D)greedy[b] dogs
Which (E)never[c] have enough.
And they are shepherds
Who cannot understand;
They all look to their own way,
Every one for his own gain,
From his own territory.
12 “Come,” one says, “I will bring wine,
And we will fill ourselves with intoxicating (F)drink;
(G)Tomorrow will be (H)as today,
And much more abundant.”
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- Isaiah 56:10 Or Dreaming
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. strong of soul
- Isaiah 56:11 Lit. do not know satisfaction
Isaiah 24:21
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21 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth (A)the kings of the earth.
Isaiah 10:12
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12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has [a]performed all His work (A)on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, (B)“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”
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- Isaiah 10:12 completed
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