Zechariah 11:16 Cross References

Zechariah 11:16

16: This will illustrate how I will give this nation a shepherd who will not care for the sheep that are threatened by death, nor look after the young, nor heal the injured, nor feed the healthy. Instead, this shepherd will eat the meat of the fattest sheep and tear off their hooves.

John 10:1

  1. "I assure you, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!

Jeremiah 23:2

  1. This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to these shepherds: "Instead of leading my flock to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them.

Ezekiel 34:2

  1. "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Destruction is certain for you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn't shepherds feed their sheep?
  2. You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.
  3. You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the broken bones. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with force and cruelty.
  4. So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd. They are easy prey for any wild animal.
  5. They have wandered through the mountains and hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them.

John 10:12

  1. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren't his and he isn't their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
  2. The hired hand runs away because he is merely hired and has no real concern for the sheep.

1 Samuel 17:34

  1. But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
  2. I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

Matthew 23:2

  1. "The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the Scriptures.
  2. So practice and obey whatever they say to you, but don't follow their example. For they don't practice what they teach.
  3. They crush you with impossible religious demands and never lift a finger to help ease the burden.

Matthew 23:13

  1. "How terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you won't let others enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and you won't go in yourselves.
  2. See Footnote
  3. Yes, how terrible it will be for you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn him into twice the son of hell as you yourselves are.
  4. "Blind guides! How terrible it will be for you! For you say that it means nothing to swear 'by God's Temple'--you can break that oath. But then you say that it is binding to swear 'by the gold in the Temple.'
  5. Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?

Isaiah 40:11

  1. He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will carry the lambs in his arms, holding them close to his heart. He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

Luke 12:45

  1. But if the servant thinks, 'My master won't be back for a while,' and begins oppressing the other servants, partying, and getting drunk--
  2. well, the master will return unannounced and unexpected. He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the unfaithful.

Ezekiel 34:10

  1. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, along with their right to feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.

Jeremiah 23:22

  1. If they had listened to me, they would have spoken my words and turned my people from their evil ways.

Ezekiel 34:21

  1. For you fat sheep push and butt and crowd my sick and hungry flock until they are scattered to distant lands.

Ezekiel 34:16

  1. I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes--feed them justice!

Genesis 31:38

  1. "Twenty years I have been with you, and all that time I cared for your sheep and goats so they produced healthy offspring. In all those years I never touched a single ram of yours for food.

Genesis 33:13

  1. But Jacob replied, "You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, they may die.
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