Zechariah 11:17

Tree of Life Version

Woe to the worthless shepherd who deserts the flock! May a sword fell his arm and his right eye! May his arm be all withered and his right eye totally blinded!”

Cross References

1 Kings 13:4

Now when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he proclaimed against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar saying: “Seize him!” But the hand which he stretched out against him withered—he could not even draw it back to himself.

Isaiah 29:10

For Adonai has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has shut your eyes—the prophets, and covered your heads—the seers.

Isaiah 44:10

Who fashions a god or casts an idol for no profit?

Isaiah 9:15

The leaders of this people lead them astray. Those they mislead are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 22:1

Thus said Adonai: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and speak this word:

Jeremiah 23:1

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” declares Adonai, “and tell them, and so lead My people astray with their lies and with their reckless boasts. Yet I never sent them or commanded them. Nor do they benefit this people at all.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 13:3

thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit—except they have seen nothing!

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, thus says Adonai Elohim: “Oy , shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should shepherds not take care of the sheep?

Zechariah 10:2

The idols utter deceit and diviners see lies. They relate false dreams and comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, afflicted because there is no shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15

Again Adonai said to me, “Once more take up the equipment of a foolish shepherd!

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.

Matthew 23:16

“Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated.’

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so they might not see with their eyes nor understand with their hearts and turn back, and I would heal them.”

John 9:39

Yeshua said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who don’t see may see, and the ones who do see may become blind.”

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained; but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened—

1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore concerning the eating of idol sacrifices, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in your household will reach old age.