ゼカリヤ書 11:4-14 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 11:4-14

The prophet here is made a type of Christ, as the prophet Isaiah sometimes was; and the scope of these verses is to show that for judgment Christ came into this world (John 9:39), for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were, about the time of his coming, wretchedly corrupted and degenerated by the worldliness and hypocrisy of their rulers. Christ would have healed them, but they would not be healed; they are therefore left desolate, and abandoned to ruin. Observe here, I. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:4

Thus saith the Lord my God ,.... The Syriac version adds, "to me"; not the Prophet Zechariah, but the Messiah, who calls the Lord his God, as he was man and Mediator, John 20:17 for what follow are the words of God the Father to him, calling upon him, and giving him a commission to Feed the flock of the slaughter ; meaning the people of the Jews in general, to whom Christ was sent as a prophet, to teach and instruct them by the ministry of the word; so "feeding" is interpreted of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:5

Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty ,.... Not the Romans after Christ came, into whose hands they were delivered, and by whom they were slain in great numbers, not accounting it any sin to put them to death; but the priests, Scribes, Pharisees, and doctors, among the Jews, who ruined and destroyed their souls, by feeding them with poisonous doctrines; teaching them the commandments of men, and to observe the traditions of the elders; and to seek for life and salvation... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:6

For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord ,.... Or spare them; but cause his wrath to come upon them to the uttermost, as it did at the time of Jerusalem's destruction by the Romans; but, lo, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbour's hand ; this seems to refer to the factions and divisions among themselves during the siege of Jerusalem, when multitudes fell into the hands of the zealots, and heads of parties, and perished by them: and into the hand... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:7

And I will feed the flock of slaughter ,.... According to the call and commission he had from his divine Father, Zechariah 11:4 he determines to do as it was enjoined him, and as he had undertook: even you, O poor of the flock ; besides the people of the Jews in general, to whom Christ was sent, and he came to feed, there were a small remnant, according to the election of grace, he had a special regard for; and whom he fed by the word and ordinances with himself, the bread of life;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:8

Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ,.... Not Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, as is suggested in the Talmud F5 T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 9. 1. ; nor David, Adonijah, and Joab, who died in the space of a month; nor the three kings, Jehoash, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, who died by the hand of their enemies in a very little time; which is the sense of some, as Abendana observes; nor the three last prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, according to Aben Ezra; nor the three Maccabees, Judas,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:9

Then said I, I will not feed you ,.... That is, any longer; either personally, or by his apostles; he fed them himself, during his public ministry; and afterwards by his apostles, whom he ordered to preach the Gospel to the Jews first; but that being contradicted, blasphemed, and despised by them, they were ordered to turn away from them, and go to the Gentiles: this shows that not the shepherds only, but the body of the people, abhorred Christ and his Gospel: and therefore it was taken away... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:10

And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder ,.... Signifying that he dropped his pastoral care of them: the Gospel indeed, which is meant by the staff "Beauty", cannot be made void; it will have its designed effect; it is the everlasting Gospel, and will endure; its blessings, promises, doctrines, ordinances, and ministers, shall continue, till all the elect are gathered in, even unto the second coming of Christ: but then it may be removed from one place to another; it may be... read more

John Gill

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

And it was broken in that day ,.... In right, the day Christ died; apparently, when the Gospel, the substance of it, was removed; and, in fact, at the time of Jerusalem's destruction: and so the poor of the flock ; See Gill on Zechariah 11:7 , that waited upon me ; as servants on their masters; as clients on their patron; as beggars at the door for alms; as attendants on the worship of God, for the manifestations of himself, for the performance of promises, and for answers of... read more

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 11:4-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 11:10

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

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

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