 In the Acts Podcast, Dr. Heizer said that idols were thought of as a house or dwelling place for those particular gods they were fashioned after. In Zechariah 11-17 it says, Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveeth the flock, the sword shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye, his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. What is the verse trying to say in regard to idle shepherd? With my new understanding of what an idle is, it almost sounds like the idle shepherd will be indwelt by one of the divine counsel. Yeah, I'm not sure what translation is behind the translation that the questioner Philip is using, but to say the least it could be better. Maybe it's King James in this case, it's just not helping at all. The word translated idle here is allele, which in both other Semitic languages and elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible means something like defective or worthless or vain, something like that. Job 13-4 for instance, as for you, you whitewash with lies, worthless physicians are you all. The word worthless there is allele. It doesn't mean Job isn't saying that his physicians were idols, blocks of stone and wood, or that they were fallen supernatural entities. No, it's his doctors, they're not helping him. They're worthless, they're useless. So we shouldn't over read this passage as though the speaker has a shepherd over him who's an idol or, again, Zechariah is talking about the people of God and that's Yahweh's turf. That's not territory given allotted to another supernatural being. So that context should sort of tell you that we don't really have an idol, like a figurine here or the entity residing in it in view. Rather, allele is best considered, best translated, something like worthless or vain or useless like it is elsewhere. Jeremiah 14-14 would be another example. The Lord said to me, the prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination and the deceit of their own minds. So again, it's just this idea of vanity, uselessness, worthlessness. It doesn't have to refer to a figurine or some entity. And I would say consequently, I don't see anything going on in Zechariah 11-17 that has anything to do with the lesser gods or other unfallen members of the Divine Council.