Zechariah 11:4,7
Zechariah 11:1-5 The Message (MSG)
Open your borders to the immigrants, proud Lebanon! Your sentinel trees will burn. Weep, great pine trees! Mourn, you sister cedars! Your towering trees are cordwood. Weep Bashan oak trees! Your thick forest is now a field of stumps. Do you hear the wailing of shepherds? They’ve lost everything they once owned. Do you hear the outrage of the lions? The mighty jungle of the Jordan is wasted. Make room for the returning exiles!
Zechariah 11:7-8 The Message (MSG)
So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
Zechariah 11:4 King James Version (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter
Zechariah 11:7 King James Version (KJV)
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.
Zechariah 11:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 New Century Version (NCV)
This is what the LORD my God says: “Feed the flock that are about to be killed.
Zechariah 11:7 New Century Version (NCV)
So I fed the flock about to be killed, particularly the weakest ones. Then I took two sticks; I called one Pleasant and the other Union, and I fed the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter
Zechariah 11:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 New International Version (NIV)
This is what the LORD my God says: “Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.
Zechariah 11:7 New International Version (NIV)
So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Thus says the LORD my God, “Feed the flock for slaughter
Zechariah 11:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
So I fed the flock for slaughter, in particular the poor of the flock. I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Thus says the LORD my God, “Pasture the flock doomed for slaughter
Zechariah 11:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
So I [Zechariah] pastured the flock doomed for slaughter, truly [as the name implies] the most miserable of sheep. And I took two [shepherd’s] staffs, the one I called Favor (Grace) and the other I called Union (Bonds); so I pastured the flock.
Zechariah 11:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
This is what the LORD my God says: “Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.
Zechariah 11:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter—the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.