Zechariah 11:6

“For I will no longer have compassion on the inhabitants of the land, declares YHWH; and look, I am handing over human beings, each into the hand of his neighbor and into the hand of his king; and they will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their hand.””

Zechariah 11:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Zechariah 11:6, word by word

have compassionאֶחְמוֹלechmol

have pity, spare

Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.

Where else “echmol” appears
the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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am handing overמַמְצִיאmamtsi

General meaning: Find.

Where else “mamtsi” appears
human beingsאָדָםadam

human being

All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.

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eachאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

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into the handיַדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yad” appears
of his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

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of his kingמַלְכּmalk

king

A king who rules a people.

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and they will crushכִתְּתוּchittu

crush

To beat something to pieces.

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deliver themאַצִּילatsil

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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The context

5whose buyers kill them and are not held guilty; and their sellers say, ‘Blessed be YHWH, and I have become rich’; and their shepherds do not have compassion on them.

6 · This verse (above)

7So I shepherded the sheep of slaughter, therefore, the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: one I called Pleasantness, and the other I called Bonds; and I shepherded the sheep.

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