## Zechariah Chapter 11

###### Zechariah 11:1
[Zechariah 11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:1)

פְּתַ֥ח לְבָנ֖וֹן דְּלָתֶ֑יךָ וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֵ֖שׁ בַּאֲרָזֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Open thy doors, O Levanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.


###### Zechariah 11:2
[Zechariah 11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:2)

הֵילֵ֤ל בְּרוֹשׁ֙ כִּֽי־נָ֣פַל אֶ֔רֶז אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַדִּרִ֖ים שֻׁדָּ֑דוּ הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙ אַלּוֹנֵ֣י בָשָׁ֔ן כִּ֥י יָרַ֖ד יַ֥עַר (הבצור) [הַבָּצִֽיר]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wail, O cypress tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: wail, O you oaks of Bashan; for the thick forest is come down.


###### Zechariah 11:3
[Zechariah 11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:3)

ק֚וֹל יִֽלְלַ֣ת הָרֹעִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדְּדָ֖ה אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם ק֚וֹל שַׁאֲגַ֣ת כְּפִירִ֔ים כִּ֥י שֻׁדַּ֖ד גְּא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a voice of the wailing of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the wild country of the Yarden is plundered.


###### Zechariah 11:4
[Zechariah 11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:4)

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י רְעֵ֖ה אֶת־צֹ֥אן הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter;


###### Zechariah 11:5
[Zechariah 11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:5)

אֲשֶׁ֨ר קֹנֵיהֶ֤ן יַֽהַרְגֻן֙ וְלֹ֣א יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּ וּמֹכְרֵיהֶ֣ן יֹאמַ֔ר בָּר֥וּךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה וַאעְשִׁ֑ר וְרֹ֣עֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א יַחְמ֖וֹל עֲלֵיהֶֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed is the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.


###### Zechariah 11:6
[Zechariah 11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:6)

כִּ֠י לֹ֣א אֶחְמ֥וֹל ע֛וֹד עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י מַמְצִ֣יא אֶת־הָאָדָ֗ם אִ֤ישׁ בְּיַד־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וּבְיַ֣ד מַלְכּ֔וֹ וְכִתְּתוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹ֥א אַצִּ֖יל מִיָּדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men everyone 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.


###### Zechariah 11:7
[Zechariah 11:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:7)

וָֽאֶרְעֶה֙ אֶת־צֹ֣אן הַהֲרֵגָ֔ה לָכֵ֖ן עֲנִיֵּ֣י הַצֹּ֑אן וָאֶקַּֽח־לִ֞י שְׁנֵ֣י מַקְל֗וֹת לְאַחַ֞ד קָרָ֤אתִֽי נֹ֙עַם֙ וּלְאַחַד֙ קָרָ֣אתִי חֹֽבְלִ֔ים וָֽאֶרְעֶ֖ה אֶת־הַצֹּֽאן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So I fed the flock of slaughter, indeed the poorest of the flock. And I took for myself two rods; the one I called Grace, and the other I called Severity; and I fed the flock.


###### Zechariah 11:8
[Zechariah 11:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:8)

וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת־שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם־נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and I became impatient with them, and their soul also abhorred me.


###### Zechariah 11:9
[Zechariah 11:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:9)

וָאֹמַ֕ר לֹ֥א אֶרְעֶ֖ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם הַמֵּתָ֣ה תָמ֗וּת וְהַנִּכְחֶ֙דֶת֙ תִּכָּחֵ֔ד וְהַ֨נִּשְׁאָר֔וֹת תֹּאכַ֕לְנָה אִשָּׁ֖ה אֶת־בְּשַׂ֥ר רְעוּתָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I said, I will not be your shepherd: that which dies let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat the flesh of one another.


###### Zechariah 11:10
[Zechariah 11:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:10)

וָאֶקַּ֤ח אֶת־מַקְלִי֙ אֶת־נֹ֔עַם וָאֶגְדַּ֖ע אֹת֑וֹ לְהָפֵיר֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖תִּי אֶת־כׇּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I took my rod, Grace, and snapped it, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.


###### Zechariah 11:11
[Zechariah 11:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:11)

וַתֻּפַ֖ר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֵּדְע֨וּ כֵ֜ן עֲנִיֵּ֤י הַצֹּאן֙ הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים אֹתִ֔י כִּ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it was broken on that day: and so the poorest of the flock who paid heed to me knew that it was the word of the Lord.


###### Zechariah 11:12
[Zechariah 11:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:12)

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם אִם־ט֧וֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛ם הָב֥וּ שְׂכָרִ֖י וְאִם־לֹ֣א׀חֲדָ֑לוּ וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּ אֶת־שְׂכָרִ֖י שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים כָּֽסֶף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I said to them, If you think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.


###### Zechariah 11:13
[Zechariah 11:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:13)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הַשְׁלִיכֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הַיּוֹצֵ֔ר אֶ֣דֶר הַיְקָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָקַ֖רְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וָֽאֶקְחָה֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים הַכֶּ֔סֶף וָאַשְׁלִ֥יךְ אֹת֛וֹ בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־הַיּוֹצֵֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to me, Cast it into the treasury: the goodly price that I was priced at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the treasury in the house of the 
					Lord.


###### Zechariah 11:14
[Zechariah 11:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:14)

וָֽאֶגְדַּע֙ אֶת־מַקְלִ֣י הַשֵּׁנִ֔י אֵ֖ת הַחֹֽבְלִ֑ים לְהָפֵר֙ אֶת־הָאַֽחֲוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I snapped my other staff, Severity, that I might break the brotherhood between Yehuda and Yisra᾽el.


###### Zechariah 11:15
[Zechariah 11:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:15)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י ע֣וֹד קַח־לְךָ֔ כְּלִ֖י רֹעֶ֥ה אֱוִלִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to me, Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.


###### Zechariah 11:16
[Zechariah 11:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:16)

כִּ֣י הִנֵּֽה־אָנֹכִי֩ מֵקִ֨ים רֹעֶ֜ה בָּאָ֗רֶץ הַנִּכְחָד֤וֹת לֹֽא־יִפְקֹד֙ הַנַּ֣עַר לֹֽא־יְבַקֵּ֔שׁ וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶת לֹ֣א יְרַפֵּ֑א הַנִּצָּבָה֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכֵּ֔ל וּבְשַׂ֤ר הַבְּרִיאָה֙ יֹאכַ֔ל וּפַרְסֵיהֶ֖ן יְפָרֵֽק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not take care of those who are cut off, nor seek the young one, nor heal the broken, nor feed that which stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and break their hoofs in pieces.


###### Zechariah 11:17
[Zechariah 11:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Zechariah/r/11:17)

ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֤י הָאֱלִיל֙ עֹזְבִ֣י הַצֹּ֔אן חֶ֥רֶב עַל־זְרוֹע֖וֹ וְעַל־עֵ֣ין יְמִינ֑וֹ זְרֹעוֹ֙ יָב֣וֹשׁ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְעֵ֥ין יְמִינ֖וֹ כָּהֹ֥ה תִכְהֶֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Woe to my worthless shepherd who forsakes the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be dried up, and his right eye shall be darkened.