Zechariah 11:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

I will

Zechariah 11:4

Zechariah 13:8

Even you, o poor

James 2:5

Staves

One

Ezekiel 37:16

John 17:21

General references

Luke 12:51

Bible References

I will

Thus said the LORD my God: "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.

In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive.

Even you, o poor

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Then I said, "These are only the poor; they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD,

the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" And the great throng heard him gladly.

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?

Staves

And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the LORD.

Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd's pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me

One

"Son of man, take a stick and write on it, 'For Judah, and the people of Israel associated with him'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph (the stick of Ephraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.'

that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

General references

Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.