Zechariah 11:8 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 11:8

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

BSB

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ASV

And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

KJV

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month - Taking this literally, some think the three shepherds mean the three Maccabees, Judas, Jonathan, and Simon; others, the three wicked high priests, Jason, Alcimus, and Menelaus; others, the three last princes of the Asmonean race, Alexander, Hyrcanus, and Antigonus. Perhaps three orders may be intended: 1. The priesthood. 2. The dictatorship, including the Scribes, Pharisees, etc. 3. The magistracy, the great sanhedrin, and the smaller councils. These were all annihilated by the Roman conquest.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Probably alluding to the last period of the siege of Jerusalem, when all authority within the city was at an end [HENDERSON]. loathed them--literally, "was straitened" as to them; instead of being enlarged towards them in love (2Co 6:11, 12). The same Hebrew as in Nu 21:4, Margin. No room was left by them for the grace of God, as His favors were rejected [CALVIN].

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וָאַכְחִ֛ד	va.'akh.Chid	and I annihilated	H3582 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת	she.Lo.shet	[the] three	H7969 →
הָרֹעִ֖ים	ha.ro.'Im	the shepherds	H7462 →
בְּיֶ֣רַח	be.Ye.rach	in a month	H3391 →
אֶחָ֑ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
וַתִּקְצַ֤ר	va.tik.Tzar	and it was short	H7114 →
נַפְשִׁי֙	naf.Shi	self my	H5315 →
בָּהֶ֔ם	ba.Hem	with them
וְגַם־	ve.gam-	and also	H1571 →
נַפְשָׁ֖ם	naf.Sham	self their	H5315 →
בָּחֲלָ֥ה	ba.cha.Lah	it loathed	H973 →
בִֽי׃	Vi	<in> me

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 15:18
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
leads to
- 1 John 3:13
  So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
- John 7:7
  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Luke 6:22
  Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- John 3:20
  Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Mark 13:13
  You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Through
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
leads to
- John 15:18–19
  If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Through
Isaiah 49:7
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:4
  As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
- Matthew 26:67
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Zechariah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Zechariah