Zechariah 13:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Cross References

Mark 14:27

Jesus said to his disciples, “All of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:31

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Isaiah 40:11

The LORD cares for his nation, just as shepherds care for their flocks. He carries the lambs in his arms, while gently leading the mother sheep.

John 16:32

The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone.

Mark 14:50

All Jesus' disciples ran off and left him.

Ezekiel 37:24

Their king will always come from the family of my servant King David and will care for them like a shepherd. The people of Israel will faithfully obey my laws. They and their descendants will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, just as their ancestors did.

Zechariah 11:7

So I became a shepherd of those sheep doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep dealers. And I gave names to the two sticks I used for tending the sheep: one of them was named “Mercy” and the other “Unity”.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation— someone whose family goes back to ancient times.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”

1 Peter 5:4

Then when Christ the Chief Shepherd returns, you will be given a crown that will never lose its glory.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ died once for our sins. An innocent person died for those who are guilty. Christ did this to bring you to God, when his body was put to death and his spirit was made alive.

Hebrews 13:20

God gives peace, and he raised our Lord Jesus Christ from death. Now Jesus is like a Great Shepherd whose blood was used to make God's eternal agreement with his flock.

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so that Christ could make us acceptable to God.

Romans 4:25

God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.

John 10:30

and I am one with the Father.

Matthew 11:27

My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.

Zechariah 11:4

The LORD my God said to me: Tend those sheep doomed for slaughter!

Micah 5:4

Like a shepherd taking care of his sheep, this ruler will lead and care for his people by the power and glorious name of the LORD his God. His people will live securely, and the whole earth will know his true greatness,

John 16:15

Everything that the Father has is mine. That is why I have said that the Spirit takes my message and tells it to you.

John 14:23

Jesus replied: If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them.

John 14:1

Jesus said to his disciples, “Don't be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.

John 10:38

But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am.”

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.

Matthew 10:42

And anyone who gives one of my most humble followers a cup of cool water, just because that person is my follower, will be rewarded.

Matthew 1:23

“A virgin will have a baby boy, and he will be called Immanuel,” which means “God is with us.”

Ezekiel 21:28

The LORD God said: Ezekiel, son of man, the Ammonites have insulted Israel, so condemn them and tell them I am saying: A sword is drawn, ready to slaughter; it is polished and prepared to kill as fast as lightning.

Isaiah 9:6

A child has been born for us. We have been given a son who will be our ruler. His names will be Wonderful Adviser and Mighty God, Eternal Father and Prince of Peace.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of this earth have all joined together to turn against the LORD and his chosen one.

Revelation 21:6

Everything is finished! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will freely give water from the life-giving fountain to everyone who is thirsty.

Revelation 13:8

The beast was worshipped by everyone whose name wasn't written before the time of creation in the book of the Lamb who was killed.

Revelation 2:23

I will even kill her followers. Then all the churches will see that I know everyone's thoughts and feelings. I will treat each of you as you deserve.

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person. But he put his right hand on me and said: Don't be afraid! I am the first, the last,

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write in a book what you see. Then send it to the seven churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

1 John 2:2

Christ is the sacrifice that takes away our sins and the sins of all the world's people.

Philippians 2:6

Christ was truly God. But he did not try to remain equal with God.

Galatians 3:13

But Christ rescued us from the Law's curse, when he became a curse in our place. This is because the Scriptures say that anyone who is nailed to a tree is under a curse.

Romans 8:32

God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else?

Acts 2:23

God had already planned and decided that Jesus would be handed over to you. So you took him and had evil men put him to death on a cross.

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming towards him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Luke 17:2

would be better off thrown into the ocean with a heavy stone tied around their neck.

Luke 12:32

My little group of disciples, don't be afraid! Your Father wants to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 26:56

But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

Matthew 18:14

That's how it is with your Father in heaven. He doesn't want any of these little ones to be lost.

Matthew 18:10

Don't be cruel to any of these little ones! I promise you that their angels are always with my Father in heaven.

Zechariah 11:11

The sheep dealers who saw me knew straight away that this was a message from the LORD.

Isaiah 27:1

On that day, Leviathan, the sea monster, will squirm and try to escape, but the LORD will kill him with a cruel, sharp sword.

Isaiah 1:25

I will punish you terribly and burn away everything that makes you unfit to worship me.

Ezekiel 7:6

And when it comes, your life will be over.

Ezekiel 21:3

that I am about to punish them. I will pull out my sword and have it ready to kill everyone, whether good or evil.