Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 11

69 catchwords555 parallels

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Zechariah 11 . 1 , The destruction of Jerusalem; Zechariah 11 . 3 , The elect being cared for , the rest are rejected; Zechariah 11 . 10 , The staves of Beauty and Bands broken by the rejection of Christ; Zechariah 11 . 15 , The type and curse of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:1

Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

Zechariah 11:1 · BSB

O Lebanon7 parallels

that8 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Zechariah 11:2

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

Zechariah 11:2 · BSB

Howl9 parallels

for2 parallels

Reciprocal21 parallels

mighty or , gallants

forest of the vintage or , defenced forest

Zechariah 11:3

Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.

Zechariah 11:3 · BSB

a voice9 parallels

for their17 parallels

a voice6 parallels

for the pride2 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Zechariah 11:4

This is what the LORD my God says: "Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

Zechariah 11:4 · BSB

Lord5 parallels

Feed10 parallels

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Zechariah 11:5

whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!' Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

Zechariah 11:5 · BSB

possessors10 parallels

hold2 parallels

sell7 parallels

Blessed3 parallels

and their8 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Zechariah 11:6

For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands."

Zechariah 11:6 · BSB

I will no14 parallels

deliver15 parallels

Heb. make to be found

into the4 parallels

they shall1 parallel

and out7 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Zechariah 11:7

So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

Zechariah 11:7 · BSB

I will4 parallels

even you , O poor8 parallels

or , verily the poor

staves6 parallels

one3 parallels

Bands2 parallels

or , Binders

Reciprocal9 parallels

Zechariah 11:8

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

in4 parallels

and my11 parallels

loathed them6 parallels

Heb. was straitened for them

Reciprocal39 parallels

Zechariah 11:9

Then I said, "I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another's flesh."

Zechariah 11:9 · BSB

I will13 parallels

that that dieth7 parallels

and let4 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

another Heb. his fellow , or , neighbour

Zechariah 11:10

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

Zechariah 11:10 · BSB

Beauty12 parallels

that11 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Zechariah 11:11

It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Zechariah 11:11 · BSB

so9 parallels

etc. or , the poor of the flock , etc. certainly knew , poor

that waited12 parallels

knew9 parallels

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Zechariah 11:12

Then I told them, "If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them." So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.

Zechariah 11:12 · BSB

ye think good2 parallels

Heb. it be good in your eyes

give3 parallels

So6 parallels

Reciprocal6 parallels

Zechariah 11:13

And the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter"—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

Zechariah 11:13 · BSB

Cast5 parallels

a goodly3 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:14 · BSB

I cut10 parallels

Bands1 parallel

or , Binders

Reciprocal6 parallels

Zechariah 11:15

And the LORD said to me: "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15 · BSB

a foolish8 parallels

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Zechariah 11:16

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

Zechariah 11:16 · BSB

which10 parallels

neither4 parallels

but4 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

cut off or , hidden

feed or , bear

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”

Zechariah 11:17 · BSB

Woe6 parallels

idol6 parallels

that leaveth2 parallels

the sword14 parallels

his arm3 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web9 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Zechariah 11:12-13 → Exodus 21:32, Zechariah 11:4-16 → Ezekiel 34:1-31, Zechariah 11:4-16 → Ezekiel 37:15-28
Echoes Zechariah 11:12-13 → Jeremiah 19:1-13, Zechariah 11:6 → 2 Chronicles 15:6
Trajectories
Shepherd (Divine Shepherd Christology)
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Zechariah 11.12-13 - Thirty Pieces of Silver
Chiasms
Shaped Zechariah 11:4–17, Zechariah 9:1–11:3
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