스가랴 11:4-17 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:12

And I said unto them, If ye think good ,.... Not to the poor of the flock that waited on him, and knew the word of the Lord, and valued it; but to the other Jews that despised Christ and his Gospel: give me my price ; or, "give my price" F9 הבו שברי "date mercedem meam", Vatablus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius. ; what I am valued at by you, to Judas the betrayer: or the price due unto him for feeding the flock, such as faith in him, love to him, reverence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:13

And the Lord said unto me ,.... The Prophet Zechariah, in a visionary way representing the sanhedrim of the Jews, the chief priests, scribes, and elders: Cast it unto the potter ; for the purchase of his field, in order to make a burying ground of it for strangers: a goodly price that I was prised at of them ; this is sarcastically said; meaning that it was a very poor price; and showed that they had no notion of the worth and value of Christ, the Pearl of great price: and I took... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands ,.... By which is meant, either the removal of the form of civil government from the Jews; or the abrogation of the Mosaic law, and the carnal ordinances of the Jews, in which judaizing Christians joined them, until the destruction of Jerusalem; or rather the ordinances of the Gospel, which, upon taking that away, ceased: that l might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel ; the Gospel and Gospel ordinances being removed from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said unto me ,.... The Prophet Zechariah: Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd ; the meaning is, that the prophet should put on the habit of a shepherd, and take a scrip and staff in his hands, and represent a foolish shepherd, hereafter described. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:16

For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land ,.... Not in the land of Judea, but in the Roman empire; and so not Herod, nor King Agrippa, as Kimchi; nor Antiochus Epiphanes, as others; nor those wicked priests and princes, who governed after the times of Zechariah; nor the Scribes and Pharisees in Christ's times, though they are often called fools by him, and were truly foolish shepherds; nor even Titus Vespasian, who destroyed the city and temple; nor Bar Cozba, who set up for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:17

Woe to the idol shepherd ,.... Or, "the shepherd of nothing" F23 רעי האליל "pastori nihili", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, So R. So. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 4. 2. ; that is, no true shepherd, that is good for nothing, for an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4 and who is an idol himself, sits in the temple of God, and is worshipped as if he was God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4 and is an encourager and defender of idolatry: that leaveth the flock ; has no... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:4

Feed the flock of the slaughter - This people resemble a flock of sheep fattened for the shambles; feed, instruct, this people who are about to be slaughtered. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:5

Whose possessors - Governors and false prophets, slay them, by leading them to those things that will bring them to destruction. And they that sell them - Give them up to idolatry; and bless God, strange to tell, that they get secular advantage by the establishment of this false religion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:6

For I will no more pity - I have determined to deliver them into the hands of the Chaldeans. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:7

And I wilt feed the flock of slaughter - I showed them what God had revealed to me relative to the evils coming upon the land; and I did this the more especially for the sake of the poor of the flock. Two staves - Two shepherd's crooks. One I called Beauty - that probably by which they marked the sheep; dipping the end into vermillion, or some red liquid. And this was done when they were to mark every tenth sheep, as it came out of the field, when the tithe was to be set apart for the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:7

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