Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Zechariah 11:9 in context
Zechariah 11:6–12
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD; “but, behold, I will deliver every one of the men into his neighbor’s hand and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.”
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So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor” and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.
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I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
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Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”
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I took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
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It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word.
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I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
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