Zechariah 11:8

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“And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.”

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BSBPD

“And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 11:8 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
  2. Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
  3. Leviticus 26:44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
  4. Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
  5. 1 Kings 11:25Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.
  6. Psalms 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
  7. Psalms 78:9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
  8. Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
  9. Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
  10. Jeremiah 12:8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
  11. Jeremiah 14:21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
  12. Ezekiel 14:5so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
  13. Hosea 5:7They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
  14. Hosea 9:15All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.
  15. Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
  16. Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
  17. Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
  18. Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
  19. John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  20. John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  21. John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
  22. Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

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