{"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/kjv/zechariah/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T18:13:23.869Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"<i>There is</i> 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 saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed <i>be</i> 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 <i>them</i>."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I will feed the flock of slaughter, <i>even</i> you, O 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":"Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred 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 the rest eat every one the flesh of another."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And I took my staff, <i>even</i> Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it <i>was</i> the word of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give <i>me</i> my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty <i>pieces</i> of silver."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty <i>pieces</i> of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Then I cut asunder mine other staff, <i>even</i> Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, <i>which</i> shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword <i>shall be</i> 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Zechariah 11](https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/zechariah/11 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}