Zechariah 11:5
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.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- עָשַׁרʻâsharproperly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
- אָשַׁםʼâshamto be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
- מָכַרmâkarto sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively
- קָנָהqânâhto erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell
- רָעָהrâʻâhto tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); ge
- הָרַגhâragto smite with deadly intent
- בָרַךְbârakto kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jer 50:7, 1Ti 6:5–10, Hos 12:8, 2Ki 4:1, Mat 23:13, Gen 37:26–28, Deu 29:19–21, 2Pe 2:3