So I fed the flock for slaughter, [a]in particular (A)the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called [b]Beauty, and the other I called [c]Bonds; and I fed the flock. I [d]dismissed the three shepherds (B)in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then I said, “I will not feed you. (C)Let what is dying die, and what is perishing perish. Let those that are left eat each other’s flesh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:7 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX for the Canaanites
  2. Zechariah 11:7 Or Grace
  3. Zechariah 11:7 Or Unity
  4. Zechariah 11:8 Or destroyed, lit. cut off

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