{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:37:57.229Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Zechariah","bookSlug":"zechariah","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Howl, O fir tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A voice of the howling of the shepherds! for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of Jordan is spoiled."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thus said the LORD my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For 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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then 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 them which are left eat every one the flesh of another."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it was broken in that day: and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek those that be scattered, nor heal that that is broken; neither shall he feed that which is sound, but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and shall tear their hoofs in pieces."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Woe to the worthless 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Zechariah 11 (ERV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 11](https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/zechariah/11 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}