Zechariah 11:14

Israel's Shepherds: Good And Bad

¹³ Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them.” So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the Lord. ¹⁴ Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. ¹⁵ The Lord said to me, “Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

House of Israel

House of Judah

Shekels of Silver

Temple of the Lord

Israel

Judah

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh,
And together they are against Judah.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 11:13

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

Ezekiel 37:16-20

“And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, ‘For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.’

Zechariah 11:7

So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock.

Zechariah 11:9

Then I said, “I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; and let those who are left eat one another’s flesh.”

Matthew 24:10

At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

Acts 23:7-10

As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

James 4:1-3

What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?