Zec 11:7-8, 10-11, 14, Mat 10:34-36, 24:7-10, Luk 12:49 | ESV | STEP | So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders . And I took two staffs , one I named Favor , the other I named Union . And I tended the sheep .

j[See ver. 34 above]

k ver. 21; [Mic. 7:6]

lCited from Mic. 7:6; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12, 13; John 13:18]

m 2 Chr. 15:6; [Rev. 6:4]

n Isa. 19:2

o Acts 11:28; Rev. 6:8, 12

p John 16:21; Acts 2:24 (Gk.); Rom. 8:22

q ch. 10:17, 21

r ver. 21, 29; Rev. 2:10

s ch. 23:34; John 16:2

tSee ch. 10:22

v ch. 10:21

w[Matt. 3:11]

Zechariah 11:7-8

7 ^aSo I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named ^bFavor, the other I named ^cUnion. ^dAnd I tended the sheep. 8 In one month ^eI destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Zechariah 11:10-11

10 And I took ^fmy staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 11:14

14 Then I broke ^gmy second staff Union, annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

Matthew 10:34-36

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 ^h“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ⁱI have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 ^jFor I have come ^kto set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 ^lAnd a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.

Matthew 24:7-10

7 For ^mnation will rise against nation, and ⁿkingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^ofamines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are but the beginning of ^pthe birth pains.

9 “Then ^qthey will deliver you up ^rto tribulation and ^sput you to death, and ^tyou will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then many will fall away ^{▼▼Or stumble} and ^vbetray one another and hate one another.

Luke 12:49

Not Peace, but Division

49 ^w“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!