📖 Zechariah 11

Zechariah 11 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Then I said, “I will not feed you. That which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let those who are left eat each other’s flesh.”” Zechariah 11 opens with these words: “Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.” The line to keep is Zechariah 11:3: “A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.” Carry the word “voice” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Zechariah 11:3: “A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! For the pride of the Jordan is ruined.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Zechariah 11? Then try this: Read “A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! For their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.