Add parallel Print Page Options

12 And I said to them, “If it seems right to you,[a] give me my wages, but if not, keep them.”[b] And they weighed out my wages, thirty silver shekels. 13 And Yahweh said to me, “Throw it to the potter,”[c] this noble price[d] at which I was valued by them!” So I took the thirty silver shekels and I threw them to the potter[e] in the house of Yahweh. 14 Then I broke my second staff Unity to break the family ties between Judah and Israel.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 11:12 Literally “it is good in your eyes”
  2. Zechariah 11:12 Literally “refrain”
  3. Zechariah 11:13 Syriac reads “treasury,” followed by NAB, NRSV, TEV
  4. Zechariah 11:13 Literally “the price of honor”
  5. Zechariah 11:13 Syriac reads “treasury,” followed by NAB, NRSV, TEV

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.(A)

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(B) and threw them to the potter at the house of the Lord.(C)

14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

Read full chapter