Zechariah 11 · Verse 10

Zechariah 11:10

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zechariah 11:10, King James Version

Zechariah 11:10 in other translations

BSBNext I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
WEBI took my staff Favor and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
ASVAnd I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
YLTAnd I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples:
DARBYAnd I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
BBEAnd I took my rod Beautiful, cutting it in two, so that the Lord's agreement, which he had made with all the peoples, might be broken.
WebsterAnd I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

What does Zechariah 11:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. covenant which I made with all the people--The covenant made with the whole nation is to hold good no more except to the elect remnant. This is the force of the clause, not as Maurer, and others translate. The covenant which I made with all the nations (not to hurt My elect people, Ho 2:18). But the Hebrew is the term for the elect people (Ammim), not that for the Gentile nations (Goiim). The Hebrew plural expresses the great numbers of the Israelite people formerly (1Ki 4:20). The article is, in the Hebrew, all the or those peoples. His cutting asunder the staff "Beauty," implies the setting aside of the outward symbols of the Jews distinguishing excellency above the Gentiles (see on Zec 11:7) as God's own people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 I took my staff - Beauty, and cut it asunder - And thus I showed that I determined no longer to preserve them in their free and glorious state. And thus I brake my covenant with them, which they had broken on their part already.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 11:4-14

Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves in it; but God will not hold those guiltless who hold themselves so. How can we go to God to beg a blessing on unlawful methods of getting wealth, or to return thanks for success in them? There was a general decay of…

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Zechariah 11:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֶקַּ֤חva.'e.Kachand I tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַקְלִי֙mak.Listaff myH4731
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נֹ֔עַםNo.'amFavorH5278
וָאֶגְדַּ֖עva.'eg.Da'and I cut upH1438
אֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
לְהָפֵיר֙le.ha.Feirto breakH6565
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֔יbe.ri.Ticovenant myH1285
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
כָּרַ֖תִּיka.Ra.tiI had madeH3772
אֶת\־'et-withH854
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעַמִּֽים\׃ha.'a.Mimthe peoplesH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Zechariah 11:10

  • Zechariah 11:7

    And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

  • Psalms 89:39

    Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.

  • Hebrews 8:8-13

    For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. …

  • Jeremiah 14:21

    Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

  • Jeremiah 31:31-32

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

  • 1 Samuel 2:30

    Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  • Psalms 90:17

    And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  • Hebrews 7:17-22

    For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: …

  • Luke 21:5-6

    And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Luke 21:32

    Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

  • Hosea 1:9

    Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

  • Acts 6:13-14

    And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Beauty.
7; Ps 50:2; 90:17; Eze 7:20-22; 24:21; Da 9:26; Lu 21:5,6,32
Ac 6:13,14; Ro 9:3-5
that.
Nu 14:34; 1Sa 2:30; Ps 89:39; Jer 14:21; 31:31,32; Eze 16:59-61
Ho 1:9; Ga 3:16-18; Heb 7:17-22; 8:8-13

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Context

  • Zechariah 11:9

    Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.

  • Zechariah 11:10

    And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

  • Zechariah 11:11

    And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

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Zechariah 11:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tomé luego mi cayado Suavidad, y quebrélo, para deshacer mi pacto que concerté con todos los pueblos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je pris mon bâton Beauté, et je le brisai, pour rompre mon alliance, que j’avais faite avec tous les peuples.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich nahm meinen Stab Huld und zerbrach ihn, um meinen Bund zu brechen, den ich mit allen Völkern gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et tuli virgam meam quæ vocabatur Decus, et abscidi eam, ut irritum facerem fœdus meum quod percussi cum omnibus populis.