Zechariah 11:4
Strong's Lexicon
This is what
כֹּ֥ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: 1) thus, here, in this manner 1a) thus, so 1b) here, here and there 1c) until now, until now...until then, meanwhile

the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

my God
אֱלֹהָ֑י (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

says:
אָמַ֖ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“Pasture
רְעֵ֖ה (rə·‘êh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7462: 1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tend, pasture 1a1a) to shepherd 1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a1c) of people as flock (fig) 1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst) 1a2) to feed, graze 1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig) 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess 2) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable) 2a) (Qal) to associate with 2b) (Hithpael) to be companions 3) (Piel) to be a special friend

the flock
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor)

[marked] for slaughter,
הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃ (ha·hă·rê·ḡāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2028: 1) a killing, slaughter

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah my God: ‘Feed the flock of the slaughter,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yahweh my God says this: “ Shepherd the flock intended for slaughter.

New American Standard Bible
Thus says the LORD my God, "Pasture the flock [doomed] to slaughter.

King James Bible
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Parallel Verses
New International Version
This is what the LORD my God says: "Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.

New Living Translation
This is what the LORD my God says: "Go and care for the flock that is intended for slaughter.

English Standard Version
Thus said the LORD my God: “Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.

New American Standard Bible
Thus says the LORD my God, "Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter.

King James Bible
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Holman Christian Standard 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.

NET Bible
The LORD my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

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

English Revised Version
Thus said the LORD my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah my God: 'Feed the flock of the slaughter,
















Cross References
Psalm 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

Zechariah 11:7
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.

Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

Zechariah 11:3
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

Zechariah 11:2
Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

Zechariah 11:1
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

Zechariah 11:5
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

Zechariah 11:6
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
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