Zechariah 11:7

New American Bible - revised edition

So I shepherded the flock to be slaughtered for the merchants of the flock. I took two staffs: one I called Delight, and the other Union. Thus I shepherded the flock.

Cross References

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff comfort me.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask of the Lord; this I seek: To dwell in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, To gaze on the Lord’s beauty, to visit his temple.

Psalm 90:17

May the favor of the Lord our God be ours. Prosper the work of our hands! Prosper the work of our hands!

Isaiah 11:4

But he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide fairly for the land’s afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he feeds his flock; in his arms he gathers the lambs, Carrying them in his bosom, leading the ewes with care.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, release to the prisoners,

Jeremiah 39:10

But Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor who had nothing and at the same time gave them vineyards and farms. Jeremiah Released to Gedaliah’s Custody.

Leviticus 27:32

The tithes of the herd and the flock, every tenth animal that passes under the herdsman’s rod, shall be sacred to the Lord.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, That lives apart in a woodland, in the midst of an orchard. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old;

Zephaniah 3:12

But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, Who shall take refuge in the name of the Lord—

Zechariah 11:14

Then I snapped in two my second staff, Union, breaking the kinship between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:4

Thus says the Lord, my God: Shepherd the flock to be slaughtered.

Matthew 11:5

the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

Mark 12:37

David himself calls him ‘lord’; so how is he his son?” [The] great crowd heard this with delight. Denunciation of the Scribes.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

1 Samuel 17:40

Then, staff in hand, David selected five smooth stones from the wadi and put them in the pocket of his shepherd’s bag. With his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine. David’s Victory.

1 Samuel 17:43

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with a staff?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods