Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. ¹ 

biblegateway Zec 11:15

The LORD said to me, "Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

The LORD also said to me: "Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Then the LORD said to me, "Use the equipment of a foolish shepherd again.

biblegateway Zec 11:15

Then the LORD said to me, "Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Then the LORD said to me, "Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

bibleoremus Zec 11:15

Then the LORD said to me: Take once more the implements of a worthless shepherd.

The LORD said to me, “Equip yourself again as a shepherd, a worthless one;

biblegateway Zec 11:15

And the LORD said to me, "Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

biblegateway Zec 11:15

Again the Lord said to me, “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. ¹ 

¹ sn The grammar (e.g., the incipient participle מֵקִים, maqim, “about to raise up,” v. 16) and overall sense of vv. 15-17 give the incident a future orientation. Zechariah once more is role-playing but this time he is a “foolish” shepherd, i.e., one who does not know God and who is opposed to him (cf. Prov 1:7; 15:5; 20:3; 27:22). The individual who best represents this eschatological enemy of God and his people is the Antichrist (cf. Matt 24:5, 24; 2 Thess 2:3-4; 1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7).