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Zechariah 11

Zech. 11:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, Take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
unto thee yet the instruments
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
of a foolish
'eviliy (Hebrew #196)
silly, foolish; hence (morally) impious
KJV usage: foolish.
Pronounce: ev-ee-lee'
Origin: from 191
shepherd
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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a foolish.
Isa. 6:10‑12• 10Make the heart of this people fat, and make its ears heavy, and smear its eyes: lest it see with its eyes, and hear with its ears, and its heart understand, and it be converted, and be healed.
 11Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted for want of an inhabitant, and the houses for want of man, and the land be utter desolation;
 12and Jehovah have removed men far away, and have multiplied forsaking's in the midst of the land. (Isa. 6:10‑12)
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Jer. 2:26‑27• 26{i}As a thief is ashamed when he is found, so shall the house of Israel be ashamed—they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets—{/i}
 27{i}saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth; for they have turned the back unto me, and not the face; and in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us!{/i} (Jer. 2:26‑27)
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Lam. 2:14• 14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee:{HR}And they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity;{HR}But have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. (Lam. 2:14)
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Ezek. 13:3• 3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! (Ezek. 13:3)
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Matt. 15:14• 14{i}Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.{/i} (Matt. 15:14)
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Matt. 23:17• 17{i}Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?{/i} (Matt. 23:17)
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Luke 11:40• 40Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also? (Luke 11:40)
• {v.15-16} This passage brings antichrist before us as the foolish shepherd, the shepherd of “naught,” whom the Jews will by-and-by receive. Just as they chose Barabbas in preference to Christ, so, having refused Jehovah as their Shepherd, they will open their arms to welcome this shepherd of “naught.” (“Zechariah 11” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.