Zechariah 11:17

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Zechariah 11:17

“Woe to the worthless shepherd
Who leaves the flock!
A sword will be on his arm
And on his right eye!
His arm will be totally withered
And his right eye will be blind.”

Jeremiah 23:1

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 42:19-20

Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me,
Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:35-37

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her officials and her wise men!

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord God, “Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing.

Ezekiel 34:2

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

1 Kings 13:4

Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

Isaiah 6:9-10

He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

Isaiah 9:15

The head is the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Isaiah 44:10

Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?

Jeremiah 22:1

Thus says the Lord, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word

Ezekiel 30:21-24

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword.

Hosea 4:5-7

So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.

Amos 8:9-10

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the sun go down at noon
And make the earth dark in broad daylight.

Micah 3:6-7

Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:16

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

Luke 11:42-52

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

John 9:39

And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”

John 10:12-13

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted and I heal them.”

Romans 11:7

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 Corinthians 10:19-20

What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Idol

1 Corinthians 10:19

That leaveth

John 10:12

The sword

His arm

1 Samuel 2:31

1 Kings 13:4

Ezekiel 30:22

Bible References

Idol

The head is the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one.

What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

That leaveth

He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

The sword

He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,
He has shut your eyes, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Who is blind but My servant,
Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is so blind as he that is

at peace with Me,

Or so blind as the servant of the Lord?

“A sword against the Chaldeans,” declares the Lord,
“And against the inhabitants of Babylon
And against her officials and her wise men!

So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the Lord God,
“That I will make the sun go down at noon
And make the earth dark in broad daylight.

Therefore it will be night for you—without vision,
And darkness for you—without divination.
The sun will go down on the prophets,
And the day will become dark over them.

And Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.”

“He has blinded their eyes and He

hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and

be converted and I heal them.”

What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened;

His arm

Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.