Zechariah 11:16 meaning and explanation
For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
Zechariah 11:16, Berean Standard Bible
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God has Zechariah act out the rejection of a good shepherd, then tells him to take up the gear of a foolish shepherd. Verse 16 describes that coming leader: he reverses every duty of faithful care, ignoring the lost, the young, the broken and the healthy, while devouring the choice sheep and tearing off their hooves.
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