Study it in the app“For look, I am raising up a shepherd in the land; those that are disappearing he will not attend to, the straying he will not seek, and the broken he will not heal, the one that stands he will not sustain; but the flesh of the fat he will eat, and their hooves he will tear off.”
Forכִּיlook,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam raising upמֵקִיםa shepherdרֹעֶהin the land;בָּאָרֶץthose that are disappearingהַנִּכְחָדוֹתhe will notלֹאattend to,יִפְקֹדthe strayingהַנַּעַרhe will notלֹאseek,יְבַקֵּשׁand the brokenוְהַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶתhe will notלֹאheal,יְרַפֵּאthe one that standsהַנִּצָּבָהhe will notלֹאsustain;יְכַלְכֵּלbut the fleshוּבְשַׂרof the fatהַבְּרִיאָהhe will eat,יֹאכַלand their hoovesוּפַרְסֵיהֶןhe will tear off.יְפָרֵק
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “mekim” appearsshepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “roe” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearswipe out
To erase, destroy.
Where else “nichchadot” appearsattend to
To attend to someone; God comes to help.
Where else “yifkod” appearsstraying one, scattered one
The one that strays or is scattered; from a root meaning “shake, scatter.” It appears only in Zechariah 11:16, of the sheep that has wandered off.
Where else “naar” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakesh” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “nishberet” appearsheal
To heal a sick person, a wound or a people.
Where else “yerape” appearsstand
To remain upright in a place without moving.
Where else “nitsava” appearsprovide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “yechalkel” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesar” appearsfat
Fat, well fed.
Where else “beria” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appearshoof
Hoof, especially a split hoof; also claw.
Where else “farse” appearstear off
To tear something off.
Where else “yefarek” appears“The straying”: the Hebrew literally says “the young one” or “the scattered one”; it can be understood as the sheep that has wandered off.
15And YHWH said to me, “Take for yourself once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16 · This verse (above)
17Woe to the shepherd who is worth nothing, who abandons the sheep! A sword on his arm and on his right eye; his arm will completely wither, and his right eye will utterly grow dim.”
