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Zechariah 10:3-13:9
English Standard Version
Zechariah 10:3-13:9
English Standard Version
3 (A)“My anger is hot against the shepherds,
and (B)I will punish the leaders;[a]
for (C)the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
4 From him shall come (D)the cornerstone,
from him (E)the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
from him every ruler—(F)all of them together.
5 They shall be like mighty men in battle,
(G)trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight because the Lord is with them,
and they shall put to shame (H)the riders on horses.
6 (I)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and (J)I will save the house of Joseph.
(K)I will bring them back (L)because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for (M)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
7 Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
and (N)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
8 (O)“I will whistle for them and (P)gather them in,
for I have redeemed them,
and (Q)they shall be as many as they were before.
9 (R)Though I scattered them among the nations,
yet in far countries (S)they shall remember me,
and with their children they shall live and return.
10 (T)I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,
and gather them from Assyria,
and (U)I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,
(V)till there is no room for them.
11 (W)He shall pass through the sea of troubles
and strike down the waves of the sea,
(X)and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and (Y)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
12 (Z)I will make them strong in the Lord,
and (AA)they shall walk in his name,”
declares the Lord.
The Flock Doomed to Slaughter
11 Open your doors, (AB)O Lebanon,
that the fire may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, (AC)oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
3 The sound of (AD)the wail of (AE)the shepherds,
for their glory is ruined!
The sound of the roar of (AF)the lions,
(AG)for the thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
4 Thus said the Lord my God: (AH)“Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. 5 (AI)Those who buy them slaughter them and go unpunished, and those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, (AJ)I have become rich,’ and their own shepherds have no pity on them. 6 For (AK)I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of this land, declares the Lord. Behold, I will cause each of them to fall into the hand of his neighbor, and each into the hand of his king, and they shall crush the land, and I will deliver none from their hand.”
7 (AL)So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named (AM)Favor, the other I named (AN)Union. (AO)And I tended the sheep. 8 In one month (AP)I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me. 9 So I said, “I will not be your shepherd. (AQ)What is to die, let it die. What is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed. And let those who are left devour the flesh of one another.” 10 And I took (AR)my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. 12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages (AS)thirty pieces of silver. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—(AT)the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the (AU)thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter. 14 Then I broke (AV)my second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of (AW)a foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up in the land a shepherd (AX)who does not care for those being destroyed, or seek the young or heal the maimed or nourish the healthy, but (AY)devours the flesh of the fat ones, tearing off even their hoofs.
17 (AZ)“Woe to my worthless shepherd,
(BA)who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and (BB)his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
The Lord Will Give Salvation
12 (BC)The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, (BD)who stretched out the heavens and (BE)founded the earth and (BF)formed the spirit of man within him: 2 “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem (BG)a cup of staggering to (BH)all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem (BI)will also be against Judah. 3 (BJ)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. (BK)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And (BL)all the nations of the earth will gather against it. 4 (BM)On that day, declares the Lord, (BN)I will strike every horse (BO)with panic, and its rider (BP)with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples (BQ)with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’
6 (BR)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah (BS)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And (BT)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while (BU)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
7 “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. 8 (BV)On that day (BW)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that (BX)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, (BY)like the angel of the Lord, going before them. 9 (BZ)And on that day (CA)I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Him Whom They Have Pierced
10 “And (CB)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and (CC)pleas for mercy, so that, (CD)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, (CE)they shall mourn for him, (CF)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 (CG)On that day (CH)the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great (CI)as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, (CJ)each family[b] by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of (CK)Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of (CL)the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.
13 (CM)“On that day there shall be (CN)a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.
Idolatry Cut Off
2 “And (CO)on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, (CP)I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that (CQ)they shall be remembered no more. And also (CR)I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. 3 And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, (CS)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.
4 “On that day (CT)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, 5 but he will say, (CU)‘I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth.’[c] 6 And if one asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your back?’[d] he will say, ‘The wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck
7 “Awake, O sword, against (CV)my shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.
(CW)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
(CX)and one third shall be left alive.
9 And (CY)I will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
(CZ)They will call upon my name,
and (DA)I will answer them.
(DB)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:3 Hebrew the male goats
- Zechariah 12:12 Or clan; throughout verses 12–14
- Zechariah 13:5 Or for the land has been my possession since my youth
- Zechariah 13:6 Or on your chest; Hebrew wounds between your hands
Zechariah 10:3-13:9
New International Version
Zechariah 10:3-13:9
New International Version
3 “My anger burns against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders;(A)
for the Lord Almighty will care
for his flock, the people of Judah,
and make them like a proud horse in battle.(B)
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,(C)
from him the tent peg,(D)
from him the battle bow,(E)
from him every ruler.
5 Together they[a] will be like warriors in battle
trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.(F)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.(G)
6 “I will strengthen(H) Judah
and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
because I have compassion(I) on them.(J)
They will be as though
I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
and I will answer(K) them.
7 The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(L)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
their hearts will rejoice(M) in the Lord.
8 I will signal(N) for them
and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
they will be as numerous(O) as before.
9 Though I scatter them among the peoples,
yet in distant lands they will remember me.(P)
They and their children will survive,
and they will return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.(Q)
I will bring them to Gilead(R) and Lebanon,
and there will not be room(S) enough for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble;
the surging sea will be subdued
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(T)
Assyria’s pride(U) will be brought down
and Egypt’s scepter(V) will pass away.(W)
12 I will strengthen(X) them in the Lord
and in his name they will live securely,(Y)”
declares the Lord.
11 Open your doors, Lebanon,(Z)
so that fire(AA) may devour your cedars!
2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;
the stately trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks(AB) of Bashan;
the dense forest(AC) has been cut down!(AD)
3 Listen to the wail of the shepherds;
their rich pastures are destroyed!
Listen to the roar of the lions;(AE)
the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!(AF)
Two Shepherds
4 This is what the Lord my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.(AG) 5 Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ Their own shepherds do not spare them.(AH) 6 For I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” declares the Lord. “I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors(AI) and their king. They will devastate the land, and I will not rescue anyone from their hands.”(AJ)
7 So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,(AK) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. 8 In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.
The flock detested(AL) me, and I grew weary of them 9 and said, “I will not be your shepherd. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish.(AM) Let those who are left eat(AN) one another’s flesh.”
10 Then I took my staff called Favor(AO) and broke it, revoking(AP) the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.
12 I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.(AQ)
13 And the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver(AR) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(AS)
14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.
15 Then the Lord said to me, “Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.
17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd,(AT)
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm(AU) and his right eye!
May his arm be completely withered,
his right eye totally blinded!”(AV)
Jerusalem’s Enemies to Be Destroyed
12 A prophecy:(AW) The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The Lord, who stretches out the heavens,(AX) who lays the foundation of the earth,(AY) and who forms the human spirit within a person,(AZ) declares: 2 “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup(BA) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.(BB) Judah(BC) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations(BD) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock(BE) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure(BF) themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.(BG) 5 Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘The people of Jerusalem are strong,(BH) because the Lord Almighty is their God.’
6 “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot(BI) in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume(BJ) all the surrounding peoples right and left, but Jerusalem will remain intact(BK) in her place.
7 “The Lord will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem’s inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah.(BL) 8 On that day the Lord will shield(BM) those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest(BN) among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God,(BO) like the angel of the Lord going before(BP) them. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations(BQ) that attack Jerusalem.(BR)
Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit[b](BS) of grace and supplication.(BT) They will look on[c] me, the one they have pierced,(BU) and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child,(BV) and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.(BW) 11 On that day the weeping(BX) in Jerusalem will be as great as the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.(BY) 12 The land will mourn,(BZ) each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.(CA)
Cleansing From Sin
13 “On that day a fountain(CB) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(CC) them from sin and impurity.
2 “On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(CD) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,”(CE) declares the Lord Almighty. “I will remove both the prophets(CF) and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies(CG) in the Lord’s name.’ Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.(CH)
4 “On that day every prophet will be ashamed(CI) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet’s garment(CJ) of hair(CK) in order to deceive.(CL) 5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[d]’(CM) 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[e]?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 “Awake, sword,(CN) against my shepherd,(CO)
against the man who is close to me!”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,(CP)
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
“two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(CQ)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(CR)
I will refine them like silver(CS)
and test them like gold.(CT)
They will call(CU) on my name(CV)
and I will answer(CW) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(CX)
and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(CY)’”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / 5 They
- Zechariah 12:10 Or the Spirit
- Zechariah 12:10 Or to
- Zechariah 13:5 Or farmer; a man sold me in my youth
- Zechariah 13:6 Or wounds between your hands
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