The speaker’s two staffs and the thirty pieces of silver
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Zechariah 11:7–14: the speaker (“I”) says, “So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, 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 LORD’s word. I said to them, ‘If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.’ So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.” Then the LORD says to the speaker, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” And the speaker says, “I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house. Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.” Both editions tell these things as past. The text does not say who the three shepherds are, who “they” are who weighed the silver, or who the potter is. The Korean Revised Version reads at 11:7 참으로 가련한 양이라 (truly a poor flock), where WEB reads “especially the oppressed of the flock”; and at 11:10 모든 백성과 세운 언약 (the covenant made with all the peoples), with no “my”.
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- ZEC 11:7–14, engwebp
7So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, 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.
8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
9Then 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.”
10I took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word.
12I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house.
14Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
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Unresolved interpretation: The speaker of Zechariah 11:4–17
- Zechariah 1:1 says that in the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo.
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- ZEC 1:1–6, engwebp
1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying,
2“The LORD was very displeased with your fathers.
3Therefore tell them, the LORD of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says the LORD of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD of Armies.
4Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: The LORD of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways and from your evil doings;’ but they didn’t hear nor listen to me, says the LORD.
5Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
6But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn’t they overtake your fathers? “Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.’”
- ZEC 1:1–6, engwebp
- Zechariah 9:1 opens its words, “A revelation. The LORD’s word is against the land of Hadrach”, and 12:1 opens its words, “A revelation of the LORD’s word concerning Israel”; neither heading names a prophet.
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- ZEC 9:1–8, engwebp
1A revelation. The LORD’s word is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus— for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward the LORD—
2and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
3Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.
5Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
6Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
8I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
- ZEC 12:1–9, engwebp
1A revelation of the LORD’s word concerning Israel: The LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him says:
2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
3It will happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it will be severely wounded, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered together against it.
4In that day,” says the LORD, “I will strike every horse with terror and his rider with madness. I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
5The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in the LORD of Armies their God.’
6In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will devour all the surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
7The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of David’s house and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.
8In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. He who is feeble among them at that day will be like David, and David’s house will be like God, like the LORD’s angel before them.
9It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- ZEC 9:1–8, engwebp
- Zechariah 11:4 says, “The LORD my God says”; 11:7–14 tells in the first person, “So I fed the flock to be slaughtered”, and “I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house”; 11:15 says, “The LORD said to me”; and 14:5 says, “The LORD my God will come”. These verses do not name the speaker.
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- ZEC 11:4–6, engwebp
4The LORD my God says: “Feed the flock of slaughter.
5Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them.
6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,” says the LORD; “but, behold, I will deliver every one of the men 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.”
- ZEC 11:7–14, engwebp
7So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, 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.
8I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
9Then 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.”
10I took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
11It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word.
12I said to them, “If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.” So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
13The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house.
14Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- ZEC 11:15–17, engwebp
15The LORD said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16For, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the meat of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.
17Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will strike his arm and his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!”
- ZEC 14:1–5, engwebp
1Behold, a day of the LORD comes, when your plunder will be divided within you.
2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will be taken, the houses rifled, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go out into captivity, and the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.
3Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
5You shall flee by the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel. Yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. The LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.
- ZEC 11:4–6, engwebp
Zechariah 1:1 says that the LORD’s word came to the prophet Zechariah. 9:1 and 12:1 head their words as the LORD’s word and name no prophet. 11:4–17 speaks as “I” of one to whom the LORD speaks and who acts, and 14:5 says “my God”. None of the cited verses names the speaker. The text does not say who he is. This collection writes the speaker as the text does, gives no entry a part in 11:4–17, and does not decide.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The speaker’s two staffs and the thirty pieces of silver (event-zec-11-the-two-staffs-and-the-thirty-pieces-of-silver) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/zec-11-the-two-staffs-and-the-thirty-pieces-of-silver Current wording: Zechariah 11:7–14: the speaker (“I”) says, “So I fed the flock to be slaughtered, 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 LORD’s word. I said to them, ‘If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them.’ So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.” Then the LORD says to the speaker, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” And the speaker says, “I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house. Then I cut apart my other staff, Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.” Both editions tell these things as past. The text does not say who the three shepherds are, who “they” are who weighed the silver, or who the potter is. The Korean Revised Version reads at 11:7 참으로 가련한 양이라 (truly a poor flock), where WEB reads “especially the oppressed of the flock”; and at 11:10 모든 백성과 세운 언약 (the covenant made with all the peoples), with no “my”. Cited evidence: ZEC 11:7–14, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.