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Zechariah Outline

      • Results of rejecting God’s true shepherd (1-17)

        • “Shepherd the flock meant for the slaughter” (4)

        • Two staffs: Pleasantness and Union (7)

        • Shepherd’s wages: 30 pieces of silver (12)

        • The money thrown into the treasury (13)

Zechariah 11:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 260

  • Publications Index

    it-1 260;

    pm 303; w33 307; pp 189

Zechariah 11:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 260

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1989, p. 17

  • Publications Index

    it-1 260; w89 5/1 17;

    pm 303-304; w33 307; pp 190; w32 116

Zechariah 11:3

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “maned young lions.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    pm 303-305; w33 308; pp 191

Zechariah 11:4

Marginal References

  • +Eze 34:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1989, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    w89 6/15 31;

    w75 553; pm 305-309, 312; w33 308; pp 193

Zechariah 11:5

Marginal References

  • +Eze 22:25
  • +Ne 5:8
  • +Eze 34:2, 4

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w75 553; pm 305-309; w33 308; pp 193

Zechariah 11:6

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    pm 309-310, 314; w33 309; pp 195

Zechariah 11:7

Marginal References

  • +Zec 11:4
  • +Zec 11:10, 14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    “All Scripture,” p. 171

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1989, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    si 171; w89 6/15 31;

    w75 553; pm 310-313; w33 309; pp 196

Zechariah 11:8

Footnotes

  • *

    Or “my soul.”

  • *

    Or “their soul.”

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w76 30; w75 553-555; pm 312-313, 316-318; w33 310; pp 199

Zechariah 11:9

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    pm 313-314; w33 310; pp 201

Zechariah 11:10

Marginal References

  • +Zec 11:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1989, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    w89 6/15 31;

    pm 311-314, 317-318; w33 310; pp 202

Zechariah 11:11

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    pm 313, 318; w33 311; pp 203

Zechariah 11:12

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “weighed out.”

Marginal References

  • +Mt 26:14, 15; 27:9; Mr 14:10, 11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 146

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 68-69

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 130

    New World Translation, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2011, p. 13

    12/1/2010, p. 10

    Jehovah’s Day, p. 55

    “All Scripture,” pp. 169, 172

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 146; it-1 68-69; it-2 130; nwt 15; w11 8/15 13; w10 12/1 10; jd 55; si 169, 172;

    sl 54; pm 318-322; ad 48, 977; w59 224; w57 679; w33 311; pp 204

Zechariah 11:13

Marginal References

  • +Ex 21:32
  • +Mt 27:5, 6; Ac 1:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 146

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 68-69

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 130-131

    New World Translation, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    8/15/2011, p. 13

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 146; it-1 68-69; it-2 130-131; nwt 15; w11 8/15 13;

    sl 54; pm 319, 322-325; ad 48, 977; g66 4/22 24; w62 247; w59 224; w33 312; pp 207

Zechariah 11:14

Marginal References

  • +Zec 11:7
  • +1Ki 12:19, 20; Eze 37:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/1989, p. 31

  • Publications Index

    w89 6/15 31;

    pm 319-320, 324-325; w33 312; pp 211

Zechariah 11:15

Marginal References

  • +Eze 34:2, 4

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w75 555; pm 326-327; w33 313; pp 213

Zechariah 11:16

Marginal References

  • +Jer 23:2; Eze 34:6; Mt 9:36
  • +Eze 34:21
  • +Ge 31:38
  • +Eze 34:3, 10

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w75 555; pm 326-327; w33 313; pp 214

Zechariah 11:17

Footnotes

  • *

    Lit., “dim.”

Marginal References

  • +Jer 23:1; Mt 23:13
  • +Joh 10:12

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w75 555; pm 327-328, 356; w46 155; w33 313; pp 216

Parallel Translations

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General

Zech. 11:4Eze 34:8
Zech. 11:5Eze 22:25
Zech. 11:5Ne 5:8
Zech. 11:5Eze 34:2, 4
Zech. 11:7Zec 11:4
Zech. 11:7Zec 11:10, 14
Zech. 11:10Zec 11:7
Zech. 11:12Mt 26:14, 15; 27:9; Mr 14:10, 11
Zech. 11:13Ex 21:32
Zech. 11:13Mt 27:5, 6; Ac 1:18
Zech. 11:14Zec 11:7
Zech. 11:141Ki 12:19, 20; Eze 37:16
Zech. 11:15Eze 34:2, 4
Zech. 11:16Jer 23:2; Eze 34:6; Mt 9:36
Zech. 11:16Eze 34:21
Zech. 11:16Ge 31:38
Zech. 11:16Eze 34:3, 10
Zech. 11:17Jer 23:1; Mt 23:13
Zech. 11:17Joh 10:12
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
Zechariah 11:1-17

Zechariah

11 “Open your doors, O Lebʹa·non,

So that a fire may consume your cedars.

 2 Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen;

The majestic trees have been destroyed!

Wail, you oaks of Baʹshan,

For the dense forest has come down!

 3 Listen! The wailing of shepherds,

For their majesty has been devastated.

Listen! The roaring of young lions,*

For the dense thickets along the Jordan have been destroyed.

4 “This is what Jehovah my God says, ‘Shepherd the flock meant for the slaughter,+ 5 whose buyers slaughter them+ and are not held guilty. And those who sell them+ say, “May Jehovah be praised, for I will become rich.” And their shepherds have no compassion for them.’+

6 “‘For I will no longer show compassion on the inhabitants of the land,’ declares Jehovah. ‘So I will cause each man to fall into the hand of his neighbor and his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not rescue them out of their hand.’”

7 And I began to shepherd the flock meant for slaughter,+ in your behalf, O afflicted ones of the flock. So I took two staffs, and I called one Pleasantness, and the other Union,+ and I began to shepherd the flock. 8 And I dismissed three shepherds in one month, for I* became impatient with them, and they* detested me as well. 9 And I said: “I will not keep shepherding you. Let the one who is dying die, and let the one perishing perish. As for those who are left, let them devour one another’s flesh.” 10 So I took my staff Pleasantness+ and cut it up, breaking my covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was broken in that day, and the afflicted ones of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

12 Then I said to them: “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, withhold them.” And they paid* my wages, 30 pieces of silver.+

13 Then Jehovah said to me: “Throw it into the treasury—the magnificent value with which they valued me.”+ So I took the 30 pieces of silver and threw it into the treasury at the house of Jehovah.+

14 Then I cut up my second staff, the Union,+ breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.+

15 And Jehovah said to me: “Now take the equipment of a useless shepherd.+ 16 For I am letting a shepherd rise up in the land. He will not take care of the sheep that are perishing;+ he will not seek out the young or heal the injured+ or feed those able to stand. Instead, he devours the flesh of the fat one+ and tears off the hooves of the sheep.+

17 Woe to my worthless shepherd,+ who is abandoning the flock!+

A sword will strike his arm and his right eye.

His arm will wither completely,

And his right eye will go completely blind.”*

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