Zechariah 11:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Next, the LORD said to me, “Act like a shepherd again—this time a worthless shepherd.

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You leaders of my people are like shepherds that kill and scatter the sheep.

Your prophets deceived you with false visions and lying messages— they should have warned you to leave your sins and be saved from disaster.

I, the LORD God, say those lying prophets are doomed! They don't see visions—they make up their own messages!

The LORD God said:

You worthless shepherd, deserting the sheep! I hope a sword will cripple your arm and blind your right eye.

Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?