Holy Scripture

Zechariah 11:16

A church father on this verse
“(vv. 15 seqq.) And the Lord said to me: Take for yourself the vessels of a foolish shepherd. For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are abandoned, he will not seek the scattered, and he will not heal the broken. And what stands, he will not nourish, and he will eat the flesh of…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Zechariah

Source: Septuagint

Original

16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice ones, and shall dislocate the joints of their necks.

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14And I cast away my second rod, even Line, that I might break the possession between Judah and Israel.

15And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd’s implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.

— Zechariah 11:16 —

17Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

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