Zechariah:11
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Open thy doors ,
O Lebanon ,
that the fire may devour thy cedars .
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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 .
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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 .
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Thus saith the LORD my God ;
Feed the flock of the slaughter ;
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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 .
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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 neighbours hand ,
and into the hand of his king :
and they shall smite the land ,
and out of their hand I will not deliver them .
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And I will feed the flock of slaughter ,
even you ,
O poor of the flock tso #
n #.
And I took unto me two staves ;
the one I called Beauty no #
am #,
and the other I called Bands ;
and I fed the flock tso #
n #.
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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ;
and my soul lothed them ,
and their soul also abhorred me .
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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 r @#
uwth #.
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And I took my staff ,
even Beauty no #
am #,
and cut it asunder ,
that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Then I cut asunder mine other staff ,
even Bands ,
that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And the LORD said unto me ,
Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd .
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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 na #
ar #,
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 .
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Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock tso #
n #!
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 .