NET Bible
"Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well."
— Zechariah 11:8, NET Bible
“Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.”
“And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me. ”
“I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.”
“And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.”
“And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.”
“Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.”
Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say,‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land,” says the LORD,“but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them.”
So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one“Pleasantness” and the other“Union,” and I tended the flock.
Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
I then said,“I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other’s flesh!”
Then I took my staff“Pleasantness” and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people.
So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that it was the LORD’s message.