Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.

New American Standard Bible

Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Holman Bible

Yahweh my God says this: “Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

International Standard Version

This is what the LORD my God says: "Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

A Conservative Version

Thus said LORD my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,

American Standard Version

Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

Amplified

Thus says the Lord my God, “Pasture the flock doomed for slaughter,

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter,

Julia Smith Translation

Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

King James 2000

Thus says the LORD my God; Feed the flock for the slaughter;

Lexham Expanded Bible

Thus says Yahweh my God: "Shepherd the flock [doomed] to slaughter.

Modern King James verseion

For so says Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thus sayeth the LORD my God, "Feed the sheep of the slaughter,

NET Bible

The Lord my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

New Heart English Bible

Thus says the LORD my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter.

The Emphasized Bible

Thus, saith Yahweh my God, - Tend thou the flock doomed to slaughter:

Webster

Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Youngs Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah my God: 'Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

my God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

the flock
צאון צאןo 
Tso'n 
Usage: 274

References

Context Readings

Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad

3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined. 4 Thus says Yahweh my God: "Feed the flock of slaughter. 5 Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

Cross References

Zechariah 11:7

So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

Isaiah 40:9-11

You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don't be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, "Behold, your God!"

Isaiah 49:4-5

But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."

Ezekiel 34:23-24

I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

Micah 5:4

He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: and they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 14:5

You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

Matthew 15:24

But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Matthew 23:37

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Luke 19:41-44

When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, "Don't hold me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

John 21:15-17

So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Romans 15:8

Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;

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