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Zechariah 11

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1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, and the fire may devour thy cedars.

2 Howl, O fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the magnificent are devastated; Howl, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the forest of Bazar* has come·​·down.

3 There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds, for their magnificence is devastated; there is a voice of the roaring of young·​·lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.

4 Thus says Jehovah my God: Pasture the flock of the slaughter,

5 whose buyers kill them, and hold· not themselves ·as·​·guilty; and those who sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, and I am·​·rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

6 For I will not have·​·pity any·​·more over those dwelling in the land, says Jehovah; but, behold, I will make man to be found, a man given into the hand of his companion, and into the hand of his king; and they shall beat·​·down the land, and from their hand I will not rescue them.

7 And I pastured the flock of the slaughter on account of you, O afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two sticks: the one I called Pleasantness, and the other one I called Cords; and I pastured the flock.

8 And I cut·​·off the three shepherds in one month, and My soul cut· them ·short, and their soul also abhorred Me.

9 And I said, I will not shepherd you. That which dies, let it die, and that which is to be cut·​·off, let it be cut·​·off. And let those who are left eat, a woman the flesh of her companion.

10 And I took My stick, Pleasantness, and hewed· it ·off, to make· My covenant ·of·​·none·​·effect, which I had cut with all the peoples.

11 And it was made·​·of·​·none·​·effect in that day; and so the afflicted of the flock that kept·​·watch·​·on Me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

12 And I said to them, If it is good in your eyes, give me my wage; and if not, forbear. And they weighed My wage, thirty pieces of silver.

13 And Jehovah said to me, Cast it to the potter—a magnificent price that I was·​·priced among them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast it into the house of Jehovah to the potter.

14 And I hewed·​·off My second stick, Cords, to make·​·of·​·none·​·effect the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

15 And Jehovah said to me, Take for thyself yet·​·again the instruments of a stupid shepherd.

16 For, behold, I will raise·​·up a shepherd in the land; those who are cut·​·off he will not visit; the lad he will not seek, and the broken he will not heal; he who stands·​·up he will not sustain, but he shall eat the flesh of the nourished and pull·​·off their hoofs.

17 Woe to the shepherd of a vain·​·god, forsaking the flock! The sword shall be against his arm, and against his right eye; his arm drying·​·up shall be·​·dried·​·up, and his right eye dimming shall be·​·dim.

   


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True Christian Religion # 310

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310. In the spiritual sense murders mean all manners of killing and destroying human souls. These are of many and varied kinds, for instance, turning them away from God, religion and the worship of God, making these things the subject of scandal, and persuading people of things which cause them to be hated and rejected. Such are all the devils and satans in hell, and linked with them are those in this world who offer violence to and prostitute the holiness of the church. It is those who destroy souls by means of falsities who are meant by the king of the abyss, called 'Abaddon' or 'Apollyon', that is, the destroyer, in Revelation 9:11; and in the prophetic parts of the Word by 'the slain', as in these passages:

Jehovah God has said, Feed the sheep to be slain, which their owners slaughtered, Zechariah 11:4-5, 7.

We were slain all day long; we were considered sheep for slaughter, Psalms 44:22.

Jacob will cause those who are to come to take root; has he not been slain even as he slew others? Isaiah 27:6-7.

A thief 1 does not come except to steal and slaughter sheep; I have come so that they may have life and plenty, John 10:10.

There are further passages of this kind, such as Isaiah 14:21; 26:21; Ezekiel 37:9 2 ; Jeremiah 4:31; 12:3; Revelation 9:4-5; 11:7. This is why the devil is called 'a murderer from the beginning' (John 8:44).

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin text has 'a stranger', but this is corrected in the author's copy. The word 'sheep' has been added to the quotation.

2. This reference appears to be wrong; possibly is intended.

  
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