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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 11:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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11:5 The sheep (the Hebrew people) were being sold as slaves to buyers—occupying foreign powers, foreign allies, or domestic slave-traders (see Amos 2:6). • The sellers were the shepherds, leaders of the people who were more concerned with getting rich than with the well-being of the sheep.
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