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Old Testament -> Zechariah

I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zechariah 11:9

Zechariah for Skeptics

Zechariah is as bizarre as it is cruel. Here are the highlights.

God has seven eyes that “run to and fro through the whole earth.” 4:10

Zechariah sees a 30 foot flying scroll that burns down the houses of thieves and liars. 5:1-4

“I [God] was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.” 8:2

God will “set all men one against his neighbor.” 8:10

“I [God] will hiss for them.” 10:8

He will mercilessly “feed the flock of slaughter” by making every one kill his neighbor. 11:6-7

God named two sticks: “Beauty” and “Bands”. 11:7

He wants everyone to eat “the flesh of another.” 11:9

He will open his eyes and smite “every rider with madness ... and every horse ... with blindness.” 12:4

A prophet must be killed by his own parents by “thrusting him through when he prophesieth.” 13:3

God will see to it that Jerusalem “shall be taken ... and the women ravished.” 14:2

He will “go forth and fight” with “his feet” on the mount of Olives. 14:3

He will smite the people with plagues that will cause their flesh, eyes, and tongues to rot away. 14:12

He will make everyone fight and kill his neighbor. 14:13

He sends his plagues on animals too. 14:15

Whoever survives all these plagues and slaughters must worship God. 14:16

God will “smite the heathen” with a plague. 14:18