Zechariah 11:7

New English Translation

So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one “Pleasantness” and the other “Binders,” and I tended the flock.

Cross References

Psalm 23:4

Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me.

Psalm 27:4

I have asked the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.

Psalm 90:17

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

Isaiah 11:4

He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed.

Isaiah 40:11

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

Jeremiah 39:10

But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.

Leviticus 27:32

All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd your people with your shepherd’s rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord’s presence.

Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut the second staff “Binders” in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Zechariah 11:4

The Lord my God says this: “Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

Matthew 11:5

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

Mark 12:37

If David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the 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

He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:43

The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.