Zechariah 11:4-6

Contemporary English Version

Worthless Shepherds

⁴ The Lord my God said to me:

Tend those sheep doomed for slaughter! ⁵ The people who buy and butcher them go unpunished, while everyone who sells them says, “Praise the Lord! I'm rich.” Not even their shepherds have pity on them.

⁶ Tend those sheep because I, the Lord, will no longer have pity on the people of this earth. I'll turn neighbor against neighbor and make them slaves of a king. They will bring disaster on the earth, and I'll do nothing to rescue any of them.