Zechariah 11:6

"Their buyers slaughter them and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich;’ and their own shepherds don’t pity them."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 11:6, this verse reveals a stark contrast between the buyers and sellers of those who are slaughtered. The buyers go unpunished for their actions, while the sellers exclaim their own righteousness and wealth, showing a lack of compassion and moral accountability. This highlights the spiritual blindness and self-deception that can occur when people prioritize personal gain over justice and mercy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For I will no more pity -Therefore were they a “flock of the slaughter,” because God would “have no pity” on those who went after shepherds “who had no Pity” upon them, but corrupted them; who “entered not in themselves, and those who were entering in, they hindered”Luke 11:52. The inhabitants of the land - “That land, of which he had been speaking,” Judaea.

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