Zechariah 11:4

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“This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,”

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BSBPD

“This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thus said Jehovah my God: `Feed the flock of the slaughter,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 11:4 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  2. Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
  3. Ezekiel 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
  4. Micah 5:4He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.
  5. Zechariah 11:7So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  6. Zechariah 14:5You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
  7. Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
  8. Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  9. Luke 19:41As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
  10. John 20:17“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
  11. John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
  12. Romans 15:8For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
  13. Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

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