Zechariah 11:15-17
Lexham English Bible
15 And Yahweh said to me, “Take again the implements[a] of a foolish shepherd. 16 For look, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not attend to the ones that are perishing; he will not seek the young man,[b] he will not heal the ones that are crushed and he will not sustain the healthy ones; he will devour the flesh of the fattened ones[c] and tear apart even their hoofs.
17 “Woe, my worthless shepherd
who deserts the flock![d]
May a sword fall on his arm
and on his right eye![e]
May his arm wither completely
and his right eye[f] be utterly blinded!”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 11:15 Hebrew “implement”
- Zechariah 11:16 Syriac and other ancient versions read “the wandering” or “the scattered,” as do several English translations
- Zechariah 11:16 Literally “the stall-fed”
- Zechariah 11:17 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Zechariah 11:17 Literally “the eye of his right”
- Zechariah 11:17 Literally “the eye of his right”
Zechariah 11:15-17
International Standard Version
God’s Curse on the Worthless Shepherd
15 The Lord told me, “Pick up the tools of a worthless shepherd again, 16 for I am now raising up a shepherd in the land who will neither search for the lost, nor care for the young, nor fix the broken, nor sustain the healthy. Instead, he will devour the meat of the best of the sheep, tearing off their hoofs.”
17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye.
May his arm wither
and his right eye be completely blind.”
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