Zechariah 11:8
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Çalışma Notu
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.
Diğer Çeviriler
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.
Çapraz Referanslar
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of …
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, …
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom …
Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated …
Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy …