ゼカリヤ書 11:16-17 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:15-17

Fraudulent shepherds of the people. "And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:16

I will raise up a shepherd in the land. God explains the reason of the symbolical character which he directed the prophet to assume. He was going to allow the people to be chastised by an instrument whom he would permit to work his will upon them. As this evil shepherd was to arise to punish them for their rejection of Messiah, he must represent some person or power that existed subsequent to Christ's death. Many consider that he symbolizes the Romans; but these people could not be deemed to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd! rather, woe to the worthless shepherd! literally, shepherd of vanity, or nothingness, as Job 13:4 , "physicians of no value." The LXX ; recognizing that no special shepherd is signified, renders, ὦ οἱ ποιμαίνοντες τὰ μάταια , "Alas for those who tend vanities!" St. Jerome, expounding the verse of antichrist, " O pastor, et idolum !" That leaveth the flock. Thus Christ speaks of the hireling ( John 10:12 ). The sword shall be upon his arm,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:16

I will raise up - God supplies the strength or wisdom which people abuse to sin. He, in His Providence, disposeth the circumstances, of which the ambitious avail themselves. antichrist, whom the Jews look for, will be as much an instrument of God for the perfecting the elect, as the Chaldees Habakkuk 1:6 or the Assyrians Amos 6:14 whom God raised up, for the chastisement of His former people, or the Medes against Babylon Isaiah 13:17.Which shall not visit them that be cut off - Zechariah uses... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd - (A shepherd of nothingness, one who hath no quality of a shepherd ;) “who leaveth the flock.” The condemnation of the evil shepherd is complete in the abandonment of the sheep; as our Lord says, “He that is an hireling and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling and careth not for the sheep” John 10:12-13.Or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:16

Zechariah 11:16. For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land A shepherd, in the singular number, denotes a succession of such shepherds as are described in the following words. So a succession of priests is represented under the single person of Levi, Malachi 2:5-6. Since the Jews had rejected the true Shepherd, God threatens to send, or permit to arise, among them, such shepherds to rule or teach them as should be notorious for their negligence and avarice, their cruelty and oppression.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:17

Zechariah 11:17. Wo to the idol shepherd Or the shepherd of nothing, or of no value, as רעי האליל should be translated; he who calls himself the shepherd, ruler, or teacher of the people, but is in reality nothing less. So רפאי אליל , Job 13:4, signifies physicians of no value. That leaveth the flock Who taketh no care of the flock, and minds nothing but making his own profit out of them. Such a shepherd is no better than an idol, that is profitable for nothing, (Isaiah 44:10,) and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:4-17

Two short plays about leadership (11:4-17)After announcing God’s judgment on Israel’s bad leaders (see 11:1-3), Zechariah demonstrates that judgment in two short plays. In these plays he acts the part of a shepherd, representing the leaders of God’s people.In the first play God told Zechariah to act the part of a good shepherd. Zechariah was to look after a people oppressed and exploited by bad shepherds, whose sole aim was to enrich themselves. They cared nothing for the flock. God showed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 11:16

lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 , This Looks forward to the Antichrist; for one of his titles is "the idol shepherd "of Zechariah 11:17 . those that be cut off = the perishing. the young one = the straying. that that is broken = the wounded. feed = nourish. that standeth still = the weak. read more