Zechariah:11

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* Open thy doors , O Lebanon , that the fire may devour thy cedars . * Wail , O fir tree , for the cedar is fallen , because the fine ones are destroyed . Wail , O ye oaks of Bashan , for the strong forest has come down . * A voice of the wailing of the shepherds , for their glory is destroyed . A voice of the roaring of young lions , for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste . * Thus said LORD my God : Feed the flock of slaughter , * whose possessors kill them , and hold themselves not guilty . And those who sell them say , Blessed be LORD , for I am rich , and their own shepherds pity them not . * For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land , says LORD . But , lo , I will deliver the men each one into his neighbor 's hand , and into the hand of his king . And they shall smite the land , and I will not deliver them out of the * So I fed the flock of slaughter , truly the poor of the flock . And I took to me two staves , the one I called Beauty , and the other I called Bands , and I fed the flock . * And I cut off the three shepherds in one month , for my soul was weary of them , and their soul also loathed me . * 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 one the flesh of another . * And I took my staff Beauty , and cut it apart , that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples . * And it was broken in that day , and thus the poor of the flock who gave heed to me knew that it was the word of LORD . * And I said to them , If ye think good , give me my wage , and if not , forbear . So they weighed for my wage thirty [pieces ] of silver . * And LORD said to me , Cast it to the potter , the good price that I was valued by them . And I took the thirty [pieces ] of silver , and cast them to the potter in the house of LORD . * Then I cut apart my other staff , even Bands , that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel . * And LORD said to me , Take to thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd . * For , lo , I will raise up a shepherd in the land , who will not visit those who are cut off , nor will he seek those who are scattered , nor heal that which is broken , nor feed that which is sound , but he will eat the flesh of the fat , * Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock ! The sword shall be upon his arm , and upon his right eye . His arm shall be entirely dried up , and his right eye shall be utterly darkened .

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