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 began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one "Pleasantness" and the other "Binders," and I tended the flock.

For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people.

For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

That waited

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

(Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God.

Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us,

Knew

Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the Lord, "but instead I will turn every last person 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 consume you.

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised."

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,

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

General references

Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!