Zechariah 11:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

So, etc

That waited

Knew

General references

Luke 12:51

Bible References

So, etc

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the afflicted of the flock. I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.

For he will rescue the poor who cry out
and the afflicted who have no helper.

What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation?
The Lord has founded Zion,
and His afflicted people find refuge in her.

I will leave
a meek and humble people among you,
and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

but they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were captivated by what they heard.

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

That waited

I will wait for the Lord,
who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.
I will wait for Him.

Yes, Yahweh, we wait for You
in the path of Your judgments.
Our desire is for Your name and renown.

but those who trust in the Lord
will renew their strength;
they will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not faint.

ט TetThe Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
to the person who seeks Him.

But I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me.

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation,

and the Holy Spirit was on him.

who had not agreed with their plan and action. He was from Arimathea, a Judean town, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

“Therefore, from among the men who have accompanied us during the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

Knew

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Instead, I will turn everyone over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”

You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.

The Lord will bring a nation from far away, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down on you like an eagle, a nation whose language you don’t understand,

And when many troubles and afflictions come to them, this song will testify against them, because their descendants will not have forgotten it. For I know what they are prone to do, even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.”

They have provoked My jealousy
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered

from on high.”

What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

General references

Do you think that I came here to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!