Zechariah 11 · Verse 3

Zechariah 11:3

There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
Zechariah 11:3, King James Version

Zechariah 11:3 in other translations

BSBListen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
WEBA voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed—a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.
ASVA voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.
YLTA voice of the howling of the shepherds! For destroyed was their robe of honour, A voice of the roaring of young lions! For destroyed was the excellency of Jordan.
DARBYA voice of howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
BBEThe sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
WebsterThere is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.

What does Zechariah 11:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. shepherds--the Jewish rulers. their glory--their wealth and magnificence; or that of the temple, "their glory" (Mr 13:1; Lu 21:5). young lions--the princes, so described on account of their cruel rapacity. pride of Jordan--its thickly wooded banks, the lair of "lions" (Jr 12:5; 49:19). Image for Judea "spoiled" of the magnificence of its rulers ("the young lions"). The valley of the Jordan forms a deeper gash than any on the earth. The land at Lake Merom is on a level with the Mediterranean Sea; at the Sea of Tiberias it falls six hundred fifty feet below that level, and to double that depression at the Dead Sea, that is, in all, 1950 feet below the Mediterranean; in twenty miles' interval there is a fall of from three thousand to four thousand feet.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Young lions - Princes and rulers. By shepherds, kings or priests may be intended.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 11:1-3

In figurative expressions, that destruction of Jerusalem, and of the Jewish church and nation, is foretold, which our Lord Jesus, when the time was at hand, prophesied plainly and expressly. How can the fir trees stand, if the cedars fall? The falls of the wise and good into sin, and the falls of the rich and great into trouble, are loud alarms to those every way their inferiors. It is sad with a people, when those…

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Zechariah 11:3 in the original Hebrew

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ק֚וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
יִֽלְלַ֣תyi.Lat[the] wailing ofH3215
הָרֹעִ֔יםha.ro.'Imthe shepherdsH7462
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
שֻׁדְּדָ֖הshu.de.Dahit has been devastatedH7703
אַדַּרְתָּ֑ם'a.dar.Tamsplendor theirH155
ק֚וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
שַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.Gat[the] roaring ofH7581
כְּפִירִ֔יםke.fi.Rimyoung lionsH3715
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
שֻׁדַּ֖דshu.Dadit has been devastatedH7703
גְּא֥וֹןge.'on[the] thicket[s] ofH1347
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן\׃\ \סhai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383

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Cross references for Zechariah 11:3

  • Jeremiah 50:44

    Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

  • Jeremiah 25:34-36

    Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture.

  • 1 Samuel 4:21-22

    And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

  • Jeremiah 26:6

    Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

  • Hosea 10:5

    The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

  • Acts 6:11-14

    Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, 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.

  • Romans 11:7-12

    What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. …

  • Amos 8:8

    Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 7:4

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

  • Jeremiah 7:11-14

    Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord. But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Zechariah 11:15-17

    And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

  • Ezekiel 19:3-6

    And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a voice.
8,15-17; Jer 25:34-36; Joe 1:13; Am 8:8; Zep 1:10; Mt 15:14
Mt 23:13-33; Jas 5:1-6
for their.
1Sa 4:21,22; Isa 65:15; Jer 7:4,11-14; 26:6; Eze 24:21-25
Ho 1:9,10; 10:5; Zep 3:11; Mt 3:7-10; 21:43-45; Ac 6:11-14; 22:21,22
Ro 11:7-12
a voice.
Ps 22:21; Jer 2:30; Eze 19:3-6; Zep 3:3; Mt 23:31-38; Ac 7:52
for the pride.
Jer 49:19; 50:44

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Context

  • Zechariah 11:2

    Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

  • Zechariah 11:3

    There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

  • Zechariah 11:4

    Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

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Zechariah 11:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Voz de aullido de pastores, porque su magnificencia es asolada; estruendo de bramidos de cachorros de leones, porque la soberbia del Jordán es destruída.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Une voix du hurlement des bergers, – car leur magnificence est dévastée; une voix du rugissement des jeunes lions, – car l’orgueil du Jourdain est dévasté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Lautes Heulen der Hirten, denn ihre Herrlichkeit ist verwüstet; lautes Gebrüll der jungen Löwen, denn die Pracht des Jordan ist verwüstet!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vox ululatus pastorum, quia vastata est magnificentia eorum: vox rugitus leonum, quoniam vastata est superbia Jordanis.