스가랴 11:5 KRV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 11:4-5

Zechariah 11:4-5. Feed the flock of the slaughter That is, the people, who are so denominated, because they were devoted to ruin by the following mischievous counsels of their false teachers, and the oppressions of their rulers. This command seems to be addressed to Zechariah; but an insuperable objection lies against its being understood as given to him in his own person, because he did not live in such times as are here described; for Zerubbabel the governor, and Joshua the high-priest,... 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 11:5

am rich = am become rich, [and therefore can sell them cheaply]. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 11:5

"Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.""Whose possessors ... and they that sell them ... and their own shepherds ..." These are not three classes, but rather three designations of one class of men, the evil shepherds. The conflict between the Good Shepherd and the evil shepherds is one of the central themes of the four gospels. We believe that here is the key to the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 11:5

Zechariah 11:5. And hold themselves not guilty— And repent not, or are not ashamed. See Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:7. Hosea 5:15. The Romans are here referred to, who, at the time of the coming of the great Shepherd of the sheep, the Messiah, had reduced the Jews under their power, whom they bought and sold as they pleased. By their own shepherds are meant the chief priests and rulers of the Jews, who shed, without remorse, the blood of their flock in their civil contests. Blessed be the Lord;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 11:5

5. possessors—The buyers [MAURER], their Roman oppressors, contrasted with "they that sell men." The instruments of God's righteous judgment, and therefore "not holding themselves guilty" ( :-). It is meant that they might use this plea, not that they actually used it. Judah's adversaries felt no compunction in destroying them; and God in righteous wrath against Judah allowed it. they that sell them—(Compare Zechariah 11:12). The rulers of Judah, who by their avaricious rapacity and selfishness... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 11:4-14

The fate of the Good Shepherd 11:4-14The reason for the devastation of the people and the land just described now becomes apparent. It is the people’s rejection of the messianic Shepherd-King (cf. Isaiah 42; Isaiah 49; Isaiah 50; Isaiah 53). The Lord would graciously give His people another good leader (Zechariah 11:4-6), but they would reject the good shepherd that He would provide for them (Zechariah 11:7-14). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 11:5

Those who bought sheep slew them (Heb. feminine) and went unpunished. This was bad because these were female sheep, ewes, intended for breeding and not for butchering. The slayers represent the foreign rulers who took over the Israelites, persecuted them, and had not paid the full penalty for their abusive treatment of them (Genesis 12:3). Those who sold the sheep were Israel’s former rulers and leaders who, by their sins, had set the people up for divine judgment by foreigners. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 11:1-17

The Parable of the ShepherdsThe perplexing nature of the prophecies in this chapter renders exposition difficult, especially as we cannot be sure of the circumstances. Apparently, however, the passage deals with misrule in Jerusalem, either of worthless high priests, or of cruel foreign rulers, or of both, who are spoken of as shepherds: see Intro.1-3. Another storm of war bursts apparently over northern Israel. 4-14. The people reject their good ruler, and the prophet acts the part of a good... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 11:4-17

(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to the interpretation is given to us. Thus commentators are quite unable to agree as to whether the shepherds spoken of are heathen or native rulers. And on this point the whole nature of the interpretation turns. Guided by the language of Zechariah 11:6; Zechariah 11:10, we conclude that the shepherds represent foreign oppressors. Our prophet seems to have had... read more