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Zechariah 11

Zech. 11:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to the idol
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
shepherd
ro`iy (Hebrew #7473)
pastoral; as noun, a shepherd
KJV usage: shipherd.
Pronounce: ro-ee'
Origin: from active participle of 7462
that leaveth
`azab (Hebrew #5800)
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
KJV usage: commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-zab'
Origin: a primitive root
y the flock
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
! the sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
shall be upon his arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
, and upon his right
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
: his arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
shall be clean
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
dried up
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
, and his right
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
shall be utterly
kahah (Hebrew #3543)
to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
KJV usage: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly.
Pronounce: kaw-haw'
Origin: a primitive root
darkened
kahah (Hebrew #3543)
to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dull
KJV usage: darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, X utterly.
Pronounce: kaw-haw'
Origin: a primitive root
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John 10:12‑13• 12[But] he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth;
 13and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and no care hath he for the sheep. (John 10:12‑13)

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Arm,
Flock,
Idolatry,
Shepherd,
Sword,
Woe

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Woe.
Jer. 22:1• 1{i}Thus saith Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,{/i} (Jer. 22:1)
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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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Ezek. 34:2• 2Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say unto them. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? (Ezek. 34:2)
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Matt. 23:13,16• 13{i}But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.{/i}
 16{i}Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.{/i} (Matt. 23:13,16)
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Luke 11:42‑52• 42{i}But{/i} woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe the mint and the rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
 43Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places.
 44Woe unto you, [scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites] for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
 45{i}And one of the doctors of the law answered{/i} and said to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
 46{i}And he said,{/i} Woe unto you also, doctors of the law! for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
 47{i}Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.{/i}
 48Ye bear witness then and consent to the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their sepulchres].
 49For this reason also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of these they shall kill and drive out by persecution,
 50that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been poured out from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
 51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple; yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.
 52Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have {i}not{/i} entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered. (Luke 11:42‑52)
idol.
Isa. 9:15• 15The elder and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail. (Isa. 9:15)
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Isa. 44:10• 10Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing? (Isa. 44:10)
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Jer. 23:32• 32Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith Jehovah, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:32)
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1 Cor. 8:4• 4Concerning the eating, then, of the things sacrificed to idols, we know that [there is] no idol in [the] world, and that [there is] no God save one. (1 Cor. 8:4)
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1 Cor. 10:19‑20• 19What say I then? that an idol-sacrifice is anything, or that an idol is anything?
 20but that what they sacrifice, they sacrificed to demons, and not to God; and I wish you not to be in fellowship with demons. (1 Cor. 10:19‑20)
that leaveth.
John 10:12‑13• 12[But] he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth;
 13and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and no care hath he for the sheep. (John 10:12‑13)
the sword.
Isa. 6:9‑10• 9And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear indeed, but understand not; and see indeed, but perceive not.
 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. (Isa. 6:9‑10)
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Isa. 29:10• 10For Jehovah hath poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers, hath he covered. (Isa. 29:10)
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Isa. 42:19‑20• 19Who [is] blind but my servant? and deaf as my messenger [that] I sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] made perfect, and blind as Jehovah's servant?
 20Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, he heareth not. (Isa. 42:19‑20)
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Jer. 50:35‑37• 35A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
 36A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
 37A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. (Jer. 50:35‑37)
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Hos. 4:5‑7• 5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I too will forget thy children.
 7As they increased, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. (Hos. 4:5‑7)
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Amos 8:9‑10• 9{i}And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the clear day.{/i}
 10{i}And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.{/i} (Amos 8:9‑10)
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Mic. 3:6‑7• 6{i}therefore{/i} {i}ye shall have night without{/i} a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
 7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. (Mic. 3:6‑7)
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John 9:39• 39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind. (John 9:39)
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John 12:40• 40He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:40)
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Rom. 11:7• 7What then? That which Israel seeketh after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained [it]; but the rest were hardened, (Rom. 11:7)
his arm.
1 Sam. 2:31• 31Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. (1 Sam. 2:31)
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1 Kings 13:4• 4{i}And it came to pass when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying,{/i} Lay hold of him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. (1 Kings 13:4)
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Ezek. 30:22‑24• 22Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
 23And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
 24And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. (Ezek. 30:22‑24)
• Having introduced the foolish shepherd in connection with the rejection of Christ, the prophet then pronounces his judgment. (“Zechariah 11” by E. Dennett)
• The iniquity of this shepherd of “nothingness” (for such is the force of the word “idol” here) lies in his leaving, forsaking the flock — a word which sums up the several descriptions of the preceding verse. He had abandoned all that needed the shepherd’s care, and used the remainder for his own purposes. Like the thief in the parable, he only came to steal, to kill, and to destroy. (“Zechariah 11” by E. Dennett)
• From the book of Revelation, where we are permitted to see still further, we learn that his final doom, together with the beast, is to be “cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone” (Rev. 19:20). (“Zechariah 11” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to the worthlessd shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye utterly darkened.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "idolatrous."

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! 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.