God, all day long we died for you!\par We were like sheep being led away\par to be killed.\par
Zechariah 11:4 - Easy To Read Version The Lord my God says, “Care for the sheep that have been raised to be killed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord my God: Shepherd the flock [destined] for slaughter, American Standard Version (1901) Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; Common English Bible This is what the LORD my God says: Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter, |
God, all day long we died for you!\par We were like sheep being led away\par to be killed.\par
Then \{the Ruler of Israel\} will stand\par in the power of the Lord and\par in the wonderful name\par of the Lord his God\par and feed \{the flock\}.\par They will live \{in peace\}\par because at that time, his greatness\par will reach to the ends of the earth. {\cf2\super [62]} \par
So I took care of the sheep that had been raised to be killed—those poor sheep. I found two sticks. I called one stick Favor, and I called the other stick Union. Then I began caring for the sheep.
You will try to run away as that mountain valley comes closer and closer to you. You will run away like the time you ran from the earthquake during the time of Uzziah, king of Judah. But the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones will be with him.
Jesus said, “God sent me only to the lost people {\cf2\super [213]} of Israel (the Jews).”
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets. {\cf2\super [361]} You kill with rocks those men that God sent to you. Many, many times I wanted to help your people. I wanted to gather your people together like a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me.
Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me. I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers (followers) and tell them this: ‘I am going back to my Father and your Father. I am going back to my God and your God.’”
I tell you that Christ became a servant of the Jews to show that what God promises is true. Christ did this to prove that God will do the things he promised the Jewish fathers.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Christ, God has given us every spiritual blessing in heaven.