Zechariah 11:11

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It was annulled on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Hebrew Names Version
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the flocke that waited vpon me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

King James Version
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord .

English Standard Version
So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord .

New American Standard Bible
So it was broken on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.

New Century Version
That day it was broken. The weak ones in the flock who were watching me knew this message was from the Lord .

Amplified Bible
So the covenant was broken on that day, and thus the most wretched of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the sheepe that waited vpon me, knew that it was the worde of the Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

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It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
The sheep dealers who saw me knew right away that this was a message from the Lord .

Complete Jewish Bible
On that day when it was broken, the most miserable of the sheep who paid attention to me knew that this was indeed a message from Adonai .

Darby Translation
And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
So that day the agreement was finished, and those poor sheep watching me knew that this message was from the Lord .

George Lamsa Translation
And it was nullified in that very day; and so the meek of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Good News Translation
So the covenant was canceled on that day. Those who bought and sold the sheep were watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through what I did.

Lexham English Bible
And it was broken on that day. Then the afflicted of the flock, the ones who were watching me, knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Literal Translation
And it was broken in that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching Me knew that it was the Word of Jehovah.

American Standard Version
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 Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
And it was broken on that day: and the sheep-traders, who were watching me, were certain that it was the word of the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was broken in that day; and the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew of a truth that it was the word of the LORD.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so it was broken in that day: Then the poore simple sheepe that had a respect vnto me, knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.

English Revised Version
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.

World English Bible
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it `is led forth voide in that dai; and the pore of floc that kepen to me, knewen thus, for it is the word of the Lord.

Update Bible Version
And it was broken in that day; and the sheep-dealers that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.

New English Translation
So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord .

New King James Version
So it was broken on that day. Thus the poor [fn] of the flock, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

New Living Translation
That was the end of my covenant with them. The suffering flock was watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through my actions.

New Life Bible
So it was broken on that day. And those of the flock who suffered and were watching me knew that it was the Word of the Lord.

New Revised Standard
So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep merchants, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When it was broken, on that day, then did the sheep- merchants who were watching me, know, that, the word of Yahweh, it was.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was made void in that day: and so the poor of the flock that keep for me, understood that it is the word of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
So it was annulled on that day, and the traffickers in the sheep, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it [is] a word of Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And so it was broken in that daye. Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me, knewe therby, that it was the worde of the LORDE.

Contextual Overview

⁵ class="poetry"> Open your borders to the immigrants, proud Lebanon! Your sentinel trees will burn. Weep, great pine trees! Mourn, you sister cedars! Your towering trees are cordwood. Weep Bashan oak trees! Your thick forest is now a field of stumps. Do you hear the wailing of shepherds? They've lost everything they once owned. Do you hear the outrage of the lions? The mighty jungle of the Jordan is wasted. Make room for the returning exiles! God commanded me, "Shepherd the sheep that are soon to be slaughtered. The people who buy them will butcher them for quick and easy money. What's worse, they'll get away with it. The people who sell them will say, ‘Lucky me! God's on my side; I've got it made!' They have shepherds who couldn't care less about them." ⁶ God 's Decree: "I'm washing my hands of the people of this land. From now on they're all on their own. It's dog-eat-dog, survival of the fittest, and the devil take the hindmost. Don't look for help from me." ⁷So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn't stand me. ⁹ And then I got tired of the sheep and said, "I've had it with you—no more shepherding from me. If you die, you die; if you're attacked, you're attacked. Whoever survives can eat what's left." ¹⁰Then I took the staff named Lovely and broke it across my knee, breaking the beautiful covenant I had made with all the peoples. In one stroke, both staff and covenant were broken. The money-hungry owners saw me do it and knew God was behind it. ¹² Then I addressed them: "Pay me what you think I'm worth." They paid me an insulting sum, counting out thirty silver coins. ¹³ God told me, "Throw it in the poor box." This stingy wage was all they thought of me and my work! So I took the thirty silver coins and threw them into the poor box in God 's Temple. ¹⁴ Then I broke the other staff, Harmony, across my knee, breaking the concord between Judah and Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

so: etc. or, the poor of the flock, etc. certainly knew, poor. Zechariah 11:7, Psalms 69:33, Psalms 72:12-14, Isaiah 14:32, Zephaniah 3:12, Luke 7:22, Luke 19:48, James 2:5, James 2:6

that waited: Isaiah 8:17, Isaiah 26:8, Isaiah 26:9, Isaiah 40:31, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Micah 7:7, Luke 2:25, Luke 2:38, Luke 23:51, Acts 1:21, Acts 1:22

knew: Zechariah 11:6, Leviticus 26:38-46, Deuteronomy 28:49-68, Deuteronomy 31:21, Deuteronomy 31:29, Deuteronomy 32:21-42, Luke 24:49-53, Romans 11:7-12, James 5:1-6

Reciprocal: Exodus 32:19 - brake them Psalms 72:4 - He shall judge Jeremiah 14:21 - remember Jeremiah 32:8 - Then I Zechariah 12:7 - save Zechariah 13:7 - I will turn Mark 1:37 - All Luke 4:18 - to preach Luke 6:20 - Blessed Luke 12:51 - General Luke 14:21 - Go Romans 15:26 - the poor

Cross-References

Genesis 11:3
They said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and fire them well." They used brick for stone and tar for mortar.

Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let's make ourselves famous so we won't be scattered here and there across the Earth."

Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years. He died in Haran.

Psalms 144:12
Make our sons in their prime like sturdy oak trees, Our daughters as shapely and bright as fields of wildflowers. Fill our barns with great harvest, fill our fields with huge flocks; Protect us from invasion and exile— eliminate the crime in our streets.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was broken in that day,.... In right, the day Christ died; apparently, when the Gospel, the substance of it, was removed; and, in fact, at the time of Jerusalem's destruction:

and so the poor of the flock; :-:

that waited upon me; as servants on their masters; as clients on their patron; as beggars at the door for alms; as attendants on the worship of God, for the manifestations of himself, for the performance of promises, and for answers of prayer: or "observed me" h; what he said and did, his word, and his ordinances; what he abolished, and what he instituted:

knew that it [was] the word of the Lord; either that Christ the Shepherd was the essential Word of the Lord; or that the prophecies concerning the destruction of the Jews, their civil and ecclesiastical state, were the word and decree of God now fulfilled; or that the Gospel taken from them is the word of the Lord, which he is the author of; his grace is the matter and substance of; and which he speaks by his ministers; and may be known by the matter and efficacy of it; by the refreshment and comfort it gives; by its leading souls to Christ; and by the harmony, agreement, and uniformity of its doctrines.

h השמרים אתי "qui observabant me", Burkius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And so the poor of the flock that waited upon Me knew - The rest were blinded; those who listened to God’s word, observed His prophet, waited on Him and observed His words, knew from the fulfillment of the beginning, that the whole was God’s word. Every darkening cloud around the devoted city was an earnest, that the storm, which should destroy it, was gathering upon it. So our Lord warned, “When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is near. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart” Luke 21:20-21. The “little flock which waited upon” the Good Shepherd, obeyed the warning, and, fleeing to Pella, escaped the horrible judgment which fell on those who remained. Osorius: “They remembered that it had been predicted many centuries before, and that the Lord, by whose Spirit the prophet spake, foretold that in that city “one stone should not be left upon another” Matthew 24:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 11:11. So the poor of the flock — The pious, who attended to my teaching, saw that this was the word - the design, of God.