Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
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Study Note
The enigmatic dismissal of 'three shepherds in one month' represents one of the most debated verses in the Book of Zechariah, with over forty proposed identifications of the three figures in patristic, medieval, and modern scholarship. The verse belongs to the symbolic action sequence of 11:4-17, where Zechariah enacts the role of an ideal shepherd replaced by a foolish shepherd, representing the failure of leadership that precedes the people's rejection of the divine shepherd. The mutual rejection — 'my soul grew impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me' — uses the language of covenant disgust to describe the breakdown between Yahweh and Israel. The broader passage is cited in Matthew 27:9-10 in connection with the thirty pieces of silver, applying Zechariah's shepherd drama to the betrayal and rejection of Jesus.
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And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
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