Zechariah 11:4-14 (King James Version w/ Apocrypha)
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Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
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Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty : and they that sell them say , Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich : and their own shepherds pity them not.
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will delivera the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
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And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands ; and I fed the flock.
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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothedb them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth , let it die ; and that that is to be cut off , let it be cut off ; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.c
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And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder , that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
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And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
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And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear . So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter : a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
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Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands ,d that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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