Zechariah 11:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 11:8 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
- 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.
- Psalms 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 78:9The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
- Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 12:8My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
- Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- 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.’
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
- 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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