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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!”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:15 Hebrew “implement”
  2. Zechariah 11:16 Syriac and other ancient versions read “the wandering” or “the scattered,” as do several English translations
  3. Zechariah 11:16 Literally “the stall-fed”
  4. Zechariah 11:17 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  5. Zechariah 11:17 Literally “the eye of his right”
  6. Zechariah 11:17 Literally “the eye of his right”