Zechariah 11:5

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Whose possessors {H7069} slay {H2026} them, and hold themselves not guilty {H816}: and they that sell {H4376} them say {H559}, Blessed {H1288} be the LORD {H3068}; for I am rich {H6238}: and their own shepherds {H7462} pity {H2550} them not.

Their buyers kill them and go unpunished; while those who sell them say, 'Barukh ADONAI! Now I'm rich!' Even their own shepherds show them no pity.

whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.

whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 50:7 (6 votes)

    All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

  • 1 Timothy 6:5 (3 votes)

    Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

  • 1 Timothy 6:10 (3 votes)

    For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  • Hosea 12:8 (3 votes)

    And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.

  • Deuteronomy 29:19 (2 votes)

    And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

  • Deuteronomy 29:21 (2 votes)

    And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

  • Jeremiah 23:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.