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Zechariah 11:6

in Zechariah 11

For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver 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.

This verse in Zechariah 11

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
For I will no more pity - Therefore were they a “flock of the slaughter,” because God would “have no pity” on those who went after shepherds “who had no Pity” upon them, but corrupted them; who “entered not in themselves, and those who were entering in, they hindered” Luk 11:

This site's exposition

Pasture the flock marked for slaughter

on Zechariah 11:4-6

The LORD tells the prophet to “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter”, sheep whose buyers kill them “without remorse” and whose sellers thank God. Because “their own shepherds have no compassion on them”, the LORD will “no longer have compassion on the people of the land”.

This site's exposition

I will no longer have compassion

God withdraws His pity. Albert Barnes reads this as the reason they are called a flock for slaughter. Matthew Henry adds that those whom the God of mercy no longer pities are miserable indeed, since they courted their own ruin.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 6, 7) And I will no longer spare those who dwell on the earth, says the Lord. Behold, I will deliver each man into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king, and they shall strike the earth, and I will not deliver it from their hand. And I will feed the sheep of slaughter, O you poor of the flock. LXX: Therefore, I will no longer spare the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

They have courted their own destruction, and so let their doom be." But those are truly miserable whom the God of mercy himself will no more have compassion upon. Those who are willing to have their consciences oppressed by those who teach for doctrines the commandments of men (as the Jews were, who called those Rabbi, Rabbi, that did so, Matt. xv.

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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

For I will no more pity - I have determined to deliver them into the hands of the Chaldeans.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּ֠יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • אֶחְמ֥וֹלI will have compassion

    ʾechmolH2550 →

  • ע֛וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֥י[the] inhabitants of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֨הand here!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • אָנֹכִ֜יI

    ʾanokhiH595 →359 times

  • מַמְצִ֣יא[am] about to deliver

    mamtzi'H4672 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָדָ֗ם<the> everyone

    haadamH120 →551 times

  • אִ֤ישׁeach

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • בְּיַד־in [the] hand of

    beyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙neighbor his

    reehuH7453 →188 times

  • וּבְיַ֣דand in [the] hand of

    uveyadH3027 →1618 times

  • מַלְכּ֔וֹking his

    malkoH4428 →2525 times

  • וְכִתְּתוּ֙and they will crush

    vekhitetuH3807 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאָ֔רֶץthe land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • אַצִּ֖ילI will deliver [it]

    ʾatzilH5337 →

  • מִיָּדָֽם׃from hand their

    miyadamH3027 →1618 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 22:7

    The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

    it leads to

    • Luke 19:27

      And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

    • 1 Peter 4:17–18

      For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

    • Joel 2:25

      I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 13:14

    I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 29:20

      The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot…

    • Psalms 2:9

      You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

  • Through

    Micah 5:8

    Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 10:5

      They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

    • Micah 4:13

      Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD,…

    • Obadiah 1:18–19

      Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore…

Where this verse is studied

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.