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Zechariah 11:8 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 11 · verse 8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.Zechariah 11:8 · King James Version
Zechariah 11:8 in context
6For 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.
7And 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.
8Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
9Then 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.
10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shepherdsrâʻâhto tend a flockH7462 →
- lothedqâtsarto dock offH7114 →
- ThreeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- monthyeracha lunationH3391 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- offkâchadto secrete, by act or wordH3582 →
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— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-14