Zechariah 11:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

1 Kings 13:4

Jeroboam pointed at the prophet and shouted, “Grab him!” But straight away, Jeroboam's hand became stiff, and he could not move it.

Isaiah 29:10

The LORD has made you drowsy; he put you into a deep sleep and covered your head.

Isaiah 44:10

Why make an idol or an image that can't do a thing?

Isaiah 9:15

Their rulers and leaders were the head, and the lying prophets were the tail.

Jeremiah 22:1

The LORD sent me to the palace of the king of Judah to speak to the king, his officials, and everyone else who was there. The LORD told me to say: I am the LORD, so pay attention! You have been allowing people to cheat, rob, and take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners who live here. Innocent people have become victims of violence, and some of them have even been killed. But now I command you to do what is right and see that justice is done. Rescue everyone who has suffered from injustice.

Jeremiah 23:1

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

Ezekiel 13:3

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

Ezekiel 34:2

Ezekiel, son of man, Israel's leaders are like shepherds taking care of my sheep, the people of Israel. But I want you to condemn these leaders and tell them: I, the LORD God, say you shepherds of Israel are doomed! You take care of yourselves while ignoring my sheep.

Zechariah 10:2

You can't believe idols and fortune-tellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15

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

Matthew 23:13

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

Matthew 23:16

You are in for trouble! You are supposed to lead others, but you are blind. You teach that it doesn't matter if a person swears by the temple. But you say that it does matter if someone swears by the gold in the temple.

John 12:40

“The Lord has blinded the eyes of the people, and he has made the people stubborn. He did this so that they could not see or understand, and so that they would not turn to the Lord and be healed.”

John 9:39

Jesus told him, “I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see.”

Romans 11:7

This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,

1 Corinthians 8:4

Even though food is offered to idols, we know that none of the idols in this world are alive. After all, there is only one God.

1 Samuel 2:31

The time will come when I will kill you and everyone else in your family. Not one of you will live to an old age.