Zechariah 11

Zechariah 11:2

1 tn Heb “sons of Israel” (so NASB); KJV “children of Israel”; NAB, NRSV “people of Israel.”

2 tn The noun רִיב (riv, “dispute, lawsuit”) is used in two contexts: (1) nonlegal contexts: (a) “dispute” between individuals (e.g., Genesis 13:7; Isaiah 58:1; Jeremiah 15:10) or (b) “brawl; quarrel” between people (e.g., Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 25:1); and (2) legal contexts: (a) “lawsuit; legal process” (e.g., Exodus 23:3-6; Deuteronomy 19:17; 21:5; Ezekiel 44:24; Psalms 35:23), (b) “lawsuit; legal case” (e.g., Deuteronomy 1:12; 17:8; Proverbs 18:17; 25:9), and (c) God’s “lawsuit” on behalf of a person or against his own people (Hosea 4:1; 12:3; Micah 6:2; HALOT 1225-26 s.v. רִיב). The term in Hosea refers to a covenant lawsuit in which Yahweh the suzerain lodges a legal case against his disobedient vassal, accusing Israel and Judah of breach of covenant which will elicit the covenant curses.

3 tn Heb “with the inhabitants of the land” (so KJV); NAB, NASB, NRSV “against the inhabitants of the land.”

4 tn Heb “there is no truthfulness nor loyalty nor knowledge of God in the land.” Here “knowledge of God” refers to recognition of his authority and obedience to his will.

Zechariah 11:3

5 tn Heb “they break out and bloodshed touches bloodshed.” The Hebrew term פָּרַץ (parats, “to break out”) refers to violent and wicked actions (BDB 829 s.v. פָּרַץ 7; HALOT 972 s.v. פרץ 6.c). It is used elsewhere in a concrete sense to describe breaking through physical barriers. Here it is used figuratively to describe breaking moral barriers and restraints (cf. TEV “Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another”).

Zechariah 11:4

6 tn Or “languish” (so KJV, NRSV); NIV “waste away.”

7 tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so NAB, NIV).

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Zechariah 11:6

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Zechariah 11:7

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