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Zechariah 11:3 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 11 · verse 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.Zechariah 11:3 · King James Version
Zechariah 11:3 in context
1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
2Howl, 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.
3There 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.
4Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
5Whose 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shepherdsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- howlingyᵉlâlâh{a howl}H3215 →
- spoiledshâdadproperly, to be burlyH7703 →
- roaringshᵉʼâgâha rumbling or moanH7581 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
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In dark and figurative expressions, as is usual in the scripture predictions of things at a great distance, that destruction of Jerusalem and of the Jewish church and nation is here foretold which our Lord Jesus, when the time was at hand, prophesied of very plainly and expressly. We have here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3