ゼカリヤ書 11:9-10 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:7-14

The true Shepherd. I. GOD 'S IDEA OF THE TRUE SHEPHERD . His character and service. Faithful and disinterested. Not a hireling. He is for the sheep, not the sheep for him. If his recompense left to the free will of the people, should be adequate and fair. "The workman is worthy of his hire." But the wage should be given in more than material form. " Themselves. " Their trust, sympathy, prayers, and hearty cooperation in all good. "I seek not yours, but you," said Paul. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:8-11

Divine rejection. "My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people." The subject of these words is Divine rejection. A time comes in the history of incorrigible nations and incorrigible... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:9

I will not feed you. In consequence of their contumacy, the shepherd abandons the flock to their fate, as God threatened ( Deuteronomy 31:17 ; comp. the very similar passage in Jeremiah 15:1-3 ). Three scourges are intimated in the succeeding words—plague, war, famine, combined with civil strife. Eat every one the flesh of another (comp. Isaiah 9:20 ). Many see here a reference to the awful scenes enacted when Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans, and intestine feuds filled the city... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:10

Cut it asunder. The breaking of the staff "Beauty" indicates that God withdraws his grace and protection; he will no longer shield the people from the attack of foes, as the following words express. My covenant which I had made with all the people; rather, with all the peoples . God calls the restriction which he had laid on foreign nations to prevent them from afflicting Israel, "a covenant." Similar "covenants," i.e. restraints imposed by God, are found in Job 5:23 ; Hosea 2:20 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:9

And I said, I will not feed you - God, at last, leaves the rebellious soul or people to itself, as He says by Moses, “Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide My Face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall find them” Deuteronomy 31:17 : and our Lord tells the captious Jews; “I go My way, and ye shall seek Me and shall die in your sins” John 8:21.That which dieth, let it die - Zechariah seems to condense,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:10

And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder - Not, as aforetime, did He chasten His people, retaining His relation to them: for such chastening is an austere form of love. By breaking the staff of His tender love, He signified that this relation was at an end.That I might dissolve My covenant which I had made with all the people - Rather, “with all the peoples,” that is, with all nations. Often as it is said of Israel, that they brake the covenant of God Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 31:16,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:9

Zechariah 11:9. Then said I, will not feed you I will no longer exercise a tender paternal care over you; that that dieth, let it die Or rather, the dying let it die; that which has a deadly disease, let it perish by that disease. Or, that which is ready to die, and will not be cured, but hath rejected the shepherd’s love and skill, let it die. Thus Jesus said, If ye believe not, ye shall die in your sins. For this seems to be spoken of the miseries to which the Jewish people were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:10-11

Zechariah 11:10-11. And I took my staff, even Beauty Or, pleasantness, or delight. See note on Zechariah 11:7: emblematical, as of God’s favour, gentleness, or kindness to his people, and of the honour and privilege which they possessed in his oracles, instituted worship, and temple; so especially of God’s covenant with them, and all the blessings of it. And cut it asunder To signify that, as they had rejected God and his favour, and refused to comply with the terms of his covenant,... 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 11:9

that, &c. = the dying will die. eat every one, &c.: i.e. destroy one another. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:7-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 11:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:10-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:4-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 11:9

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