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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

Gracious things and glorious ones, very glorious and very gracious, were promised to this poor afflicted people in the foregoing chapter; now here God intimates to them that he will for these things be enquired of by them, and that he expects they should acknowledge him in all their ways and in all his ways towards them?and not idols that were rivals with him for their respects. I. The prophet directs them to apply to God by prayer for rain in the season thereof. He had promised, in the close... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 10:3

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds ,.... The Targum interprets it of "kings"; as the "goats" of "princes", in the next clause; by whom, according to Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Abarbinel, are meant the kings of Greece; but rather the antichristian kings are designed, the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with the whore of Rome, which is the cause of the anger of the Lord being kindled: or else ecclesiastical rulers are meant, the Romish clergy, the chief of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:3

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds - Bad kings and bad priests. I will punish the goats; these were the wicked priests, who were shepherds by their office, and goats by the impurity of their lives. As his goodly horse in the battle - The honorable war horse, or the horse that carried the general's equipage. In the unaccountable variation of interpreters on these chapters, this, among other things, is thought to be spoken of Matthias, and Judas Maccabeus, who assembled the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 10:3

Verse 3 He had said that the Jews had been driven into exile, and had been oppressed by their enemies, because they had no shepherd; not indeed to lessen their fault, for they were wholly inexcusable, since they had wilfully renounced God, who would have been otherwise their perpetual shepherd: but he now turns his discourse to the false teachers, to the false prophets and to the wicked priests. Though then they were all unworthy of pardon, yet God here justly summons the shepherds first before... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-4

God in relation to the good and the bad. "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field," etc. This chapter is a continuation of the subject with which the former concluded; and the words lead us to observe three facts in relation to the Almighty. I. HE ATTENDS TO THE PRAYERS OF GOOD MEN . "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:1-5

The secret of victory. "Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time," etc. In the last passage the Church of God (in its new Testament form, as we supposal) was presented to us under the figures of an army (verse 13, etc.); a flock (verse 16); and a field which the Lord had blessed (verse 17). In the present verses we find all these figures again employed: the field ( Zechariah 10:1 ); the flock ( Zechariah 10:2 , Zechariah 10:3 ); the army or host ( Zechariah 10:3-5 ). It would appear,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:3

Mine anger was ( is ) kindled against the shepherds. These heathen rulers were indeed God's instruments in punishing his people, but they had exceeded their commission, and afflicted Israel in order to carry out their own evil designs, and now they themselves shall be chastised. Some commentators raise "the shepherds" to be the rulers of Israel civil and ecclesiastical, comparing Ezekiel 34:2 , Ezekiel 34:5 , etc. But the context leads us to consider them as those who took the place... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:3

God's visits to his people. Indicate— I. HIS CONCERN FOR THEIR WELFARE . II. HIS PURPOSE TO DO THEM GOOD . III. HIS DELIGHT IN THEIR HEALTH AND PROSPERITY . Wordsworth gave as a motto for a dial, "Light, come, visit me." So we should lay open our souls to the coming of God, and welcome his visits.—F. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 10:3-4

§ 5. The evil rulers set over them for their sins shall be removed, and Israel shall be firmly established. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 10:3

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds - As Ezekiel continued, “Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand” Ezekiel 34:10.I punished the he-goats - The evil powerful are called the “he-goats of the earth: Isaiah 14:9; and in Ezekiel God says, “I will judge between cattle and cattle, between rams and he-goats” Ezekiel 34:17; and our Lord speaks of the reprobate as goats, the saved as sheep Matthew 25:32. God “visited upon these in... read more

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