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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 10:3

Zechariah 10:3. Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds Against the kings, princes, and priests. These were the leaders of the Jewish people into idolatry and vice. The word shepherds is beautifully taken up from the preceding verse. And I punished the goats The chief ones, as Newcome renders it. The principal men are meant. For Or rather, but, the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock In mercy. He hath now given his people manifest tokens of his favour and protection. And hath... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-12

Problems of leadership (10:1-11:3)At the time this prophecy was given, the temple had long been finished and life in Jerusalem was not as it had been previously. Zerubbabel and Joshua had apparently died, and without strong leadership the Jews drifted into the ungodly ways of neighbouring nations. Some were using idolatrous objects as magic charms, in the belief that these would bring good rains and good crops. Zechariah tells them to stop such practices and trust in God alone (10:1-2).God is... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 10:3

punished = shall visit upon. the LORD of hosts . See note on Zechariah 1:3 . goodly horse = majestic war-horse. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 10:3

"Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle."Although stated in the future tense, this passage refers to something that God had already done to the shepherds and he-goats of Israel; but the use of the future here indicated that the same anger of the Eternal would fall upon any future sins like the ones already punished. Of course, that occurred.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 10:3

Zechariah 10:3. The goats— This should be rendered the he-goats, the chiefs and leaders of the flock, metaphorically put for the principal persons in a state. See Jeremiah 50:8; Jeremiah 50:46. Against the shepherds— Or, the wicked priests, who purchased the priesthood for money. The next clause may be rendered, And I executed judgment upon the leaders; but the Lord of Hosts hath looked upon, &c. See Isaiah 14:9. As his goodly horse in the battle— See Job's fine description of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 10:3

3. against the shepherds—the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry. punished—literally, "visited upon." The same word "visited," without the upon, is presently after used in a good sense to heighten the contrast. goats—he-goats. As "shepherds" described what they ought to have been, so "he-goats" describes what they were, the emblem of headstrong wantonness and offensive lust ( :-, Margin; Ezekiel 34:17; Daniel 8:5; Matthew 25:33). The he-goats head the flock. They who are first... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 10:3

The Lord was angry with these false shepherds (rulers, i.e., kings, princes, nobles, prophets, and priests) and the other leaders who led His sheep astray like rams (cf. 1 Samuel 28:3-7; 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 22:6-12; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 16:15; 2 Kings 21:6). The shepherds and rams may also include the foreign rulers under which the Jews had to live. [Note: See Chambers, p. 78, in Lange’s commentary.] The Lord would visit His flock, namely, the flock of Judah (the Israelites), and He would... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:1-12

Restoration of God’s People1, 2. A warning to trust in God and not in sorcerers. 3-7. The Lord will cast out the evil guides of the people, and under new leaders Ephraim and Judah will be victorious. 8-12. Ephraim will be gathered, but Egypt and Assyria will be humbled.1. The connexion with Zechariah 9:17 is very slight, fertility demanding the necessary rain. Some believe that the passage is entirely independent. The time of the latter rain] The early rain was in October, when the ground would... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 10:3

(3) Was kindled.—Better, is kindled. (Comp. Note on Zechariah 8:2.)Shepherds.—This term is used of native rulers and guides (Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 17:16; Jeremiah 23:1-4; Ezekiel 34:2, &c.), and also of foreign rulers and oppressors (Jeremiah 6:3-4; Jeremiah 25:34-38; Jeremiah 49:19).I punished.—Better, I will punish.The [he] goats are, probably, to be identified with “the shepherds” (as seems to be the case in Ezekiel 34:0), and both to be referred to foreign rulers and leaders, since the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-12

THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"Chapters 9-14FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah" 9-14. These chapters consist of a number of separate oracles, which their language and general conceptions lead us on the whole to believe were put together by one hand, and which, with the possible exception of some older fragments, reflect the troubled times in Palestine that followed on the... read more