Zechariah 11:4 - Exposition

Thus saith the Lord. The person addressed is Zechariah himself, who in a vision is commanded to assume the office of the good Shepherd (see verse 15), and to tend the chosen people, the sheep of the Lord's pasture. God herein designs to show his care for his people from the earliest times amid the various trials which have beset them both from external enemies and from unworthy rulers at home. The flock of the slaughter; rather, the flock of slaughter— destined for, exposed to, destruction at the hands of their present shepherds ( Psalms 44:22 ; Jeremiah 12:3 ; Romans 8:36 ).