Zechariah 11:8 Cross References

Zechariah 11:8

8: I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep--this nation--and they hated me, too.

The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of sin and evil.

The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by a nation, to the one who is the servant of rulers: "Kings will stand at attention when you pass by. Princes will bow low because the LORD has chosen you. He, the faithful LORD, the Holy One of Israel, chooses you."

I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. You will kill some by crucifixion and whip others in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.
As a result, you will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered in the Temple between the altar and the sanctuary.
I assure you, all the accumulated judgment of the centuries will break upon the heads of this very generation.

For they have betrayed the honor of the LORD, bearing children that aren't his. Now their false religion will devour them, along with their wealth.

But his people hated him and sent a delegation after him to say they did not want him to be their king.

well, the master will return unannounced and unexpected.
He will tear the servant apart and banish him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest, so I have treated them as though I hated them.

The LORD says, "All their wickedness began at Gilgal; there I began to hate them. I will drive them from my land because of their evil actions. I will love them no more because all their leaders are rebels.

That is why the LORD's anger burned against his people, and he abhorred his own special possession.

Anyone who hates me hates my Father, too.
If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be counted guilty. But as it is, they saw all that I did and yet hated both of us--me and my Father.
This has fulfilled what the Scriptures said: 'They hated me without cause.'

And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away."

For the sake of your own name, LORD, do not abandon us. Do not disgrace yourself and the throne of your glory. Do not break your covenant with us. Please don't forget us!

"But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out. I, the LORD, am their God.

I will destroy your pagan shrines and cut down your incense altars. I will leave your corpses piled up beside your lifeless idols, and I will despise you.

"The LORD saw this and was filled with loathing. He was provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters.

The warriors of Ephraim, though fully armed, turned their backs and fled when the day of battle came.

Therefore, the proud will not be allowed to stand in your presence, for you hate all who do evil.

There is a terrible baptism ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.

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