1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
3 [There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver [them].
7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
10 And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.
12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give [me] my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty [pieces] of silver.
13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Versículos relacionados com Zechariah, 11:
Zechariah 11 is a chapter that deals with the destruction of Israel and the rejection of the Messiah by the Jews. The prophet talks about pastors who abandon the flock and the breaking of the covenant between God and the people of Israel. Below are five verses related to the topics addressed in Zechariah 11:
Isaiah 53:3: "Disregarded and rejected by men, a man of pain, and experienced in suffering; and as one of whom men hid their face, he was despised, and we did not do it at all." This verse talks about the rejection of the Messiah for the Jews, who did not recognize him as the Son of God.
Jeremiah 23:1: "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and disperse the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord." This verse talks about the pastors' neglect to take care of God's flock, which is similar to the situation described in Zechariah 11.
Ezekiel 34:10: "Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; from His hands I will require my sheep, and make them no longer feed the sheep, so that they no longer stand themselves; I will deliver my sheep out of your mouth, so that they do not serve their pasture. " This verse also refers to the pastors' neglect to take care of God's flock, and the need for God to intervene to save his sheep.
Psalm 79:1: "O God, the Gentiles entered your inheritance; they contaminated your holy temple; Jerusalem reduced to stones." This psalm talks about the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple of God, which was prophesied in Zechariah 11.
Matthew 21:42: "Jesus said unto them, Never read in Scripture, The stone that the builders rejected, this became the main stone, angular; does it proceed from the Lord and is wonderful to our eyes?" This verse refers to the rejection of the Messiah by the Jewish religious leaders, and its eventual importance as the cornerstone of God's Church.
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