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Zechariah 11:9

World English Bible

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 other’s flesh.”

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Zechariah 11:9 in other translations

Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

Zechariah 11:9 · American Standard Version

Zechariah 11:9 in context

  1. 7So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor”, and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.
  2. 8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  3. 9Then 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 other’s flesh.”
  4. 10I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
  5. 11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahweh’s word.