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Zechariah 11:5

whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
קֹנֵיהֶ֤ןko.nei.Hen[those who] buy themH7069 →
יַֽהֲרְגֻן֙ya.har.Gunthey will kill themH2026 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּye'.Sha.muthey will be held guiltyH816 →
וּמֹכְרֵיהֶ֣ןu.mo.khe.rei.Henand [those who] sell themH4376 →
יֹאמַ֔רyo.Marhe will sayH559 →
בָּר֥וּךְba.Rukh[be] blessedH1288 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַאעְשִׁ֑רva'.Shirso I may gain richesH6238 →
וְרֹ֣עֵיהֶ֔םve.Ro.'ei.Hemand shepherds theirH7462 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יַחְמ֖וֹלyach.Molhe will have compassionH2550 →
עֲלֵיהֶֽן׃'a.lei.Henon themH5921 →

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Jeremiah 50:7All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’1 Timothy 6:5–10and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”John 10:2But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.Ezekiel 22:25–27The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.Ezekiel 34:18–19Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.Deuteronomy 29:19–21because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Nehemiah 5:8and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.Micah 3:9–12Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,Ezekiel 34:10This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’John 10:12–13The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.Jeremiah 23:1–2“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.

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