King James Version (KJV)
Zechariah 11:16
“For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.”
Verse in context — Zechariah 11
14
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, [even] Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
15
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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