Zechariah 11:16 contains a notoriously difficult text in a prophecy about worthless shepherds who neglect the flock. The phrase traditionally rendered 'the young' or 'the scattered ones' is so problematic that scholars from BDB to modern commentators flag it as corrupt. The verse lists what the bad shepherd will not do—not visit the lost, not seek the scattered, not heal the injured. Whether this term means 'young sheep' or 'scattered ones,' the point survives textual uncertainty: this shepherd abandons vulnerable members of the flock.