Zechariah 11:4-14 (American Standard Version)
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Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;
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whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, 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 Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor'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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So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the 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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And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
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Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.
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And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
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And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.
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And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver.
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And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.
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Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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