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Quote #10
Thus said the LORD my God: Be a shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. Those who buy them kill them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, “Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich”; and their own shepherds have no pity on them. (NRSV Zechariah 11:4-5)
Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. (KJV Zechariah 11:4-5)
Centuries after Amos the leaders of God’s people are still exploiting their position, so it’s only appropriate for a prophet of Occupy Judah to do what protesters do best: put on a show! Zechariah acts out this Tale of Two Shepherds to make a point about corruption.