Zechariah 11:6-8
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6 For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord. I will cause them, every one, to fall each into the hand of a neighbor and each into the hand of the king, and they shall devastate the earth, and I will deliver no one from their hand.”(A)
7 So on behalf of the sheep merchants,[a] I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. I took two staffs; one I named Favor, the other I named Unity, and I tended the sheep.(B) 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.(C)
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- 11.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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