World English Bible
"I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me."
— Zechariah 11:8, World English 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. ”
“Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.”
“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.”
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.
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land," says Yahweh; "but, behold, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king. They will strike the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them."
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.
I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
Then I said, "I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other's flesh."
I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the word of Yahweh.