Study it in the app“So 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.”
So I shepherdedוָאֶרְעֶהthe sheepצֹאןof slaughter,הַהֲרֵגָהtherefore,לָכֵןthe afflictedעֲנִיֵּיof the flock.הַצֹּאןAnd I tookוָאֶקַּחfor myselfלִיtwoשְׁנֵיstaffs:מַקְלוֹתoneלְאַחַדI calledקָרָאתִיPleasantness,נֹעַםand the otherוּלְאַחַדI calledקָרָאתִיBonds;חֹבְלִיםand I shepherdedוָאֶרְעֶהthe sheep.הַצֹּאן
shepherd
One who looks after sheep; or one who leads a people, like YHWH.
Where else “ere” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsslaughter
Slaughter, a great killing.
Where else “harega” appearspoor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniye” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsstaff
A staff for leaning on while walking or for herding; a walking stick or crook.
Where else “maklot” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “karati” appearsPleasantness
Pleasantness: the name the prophet gave one of his staffs.
Where else “noam” appearscord
A rope of twisted fibers, for tying, measuring or letting something down.
Where else “chovlim” appears“Therefore, the afflicted of the flock” (לָכֵן עֲנִיֵּי): with the same letters written together (לִכְנַעֲנִיֵּי) it reads “the Canaanites of the flock,” a word that also means “merchants” (14:21); the same in 11:11. Pleasantness and Bonds are the names of the two staffs: breaking Pleasantness breaks the covenant with the peoples (11:10), and breaking Bonds, the brotherhood between Judah and Israel (11:14).
6For 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.”
7 · This verse (above)
8And I made disappear the three shepherds in one month; and my soul grew impatient with them, and their soul also loathed me.
