Zechariah 11:7-10 - The Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 11:7-10 - Homilies By W. Forsyth

The two staves.

Acted parable. May be taken to illustrate the two great blessings of Christ's kingdom.

I. THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD . "Beauty" may indicate the covenant of peace. God's grace restraining, preserving, governing. " Broken. " Sign of judgment and woe. "Ichabod!" But as whole, emblem of the fatherly love and care of God, and the fairness and beneficence of his vile.

II. BROTHERHOOD OF MAN . National covenant. Union of Judah and Israel. One people under the rule of Jehovah. Fulfilled in part in the restoration; more perfectly, and in a spiritual sense, under the gospel of Christ. His kingdom is one. In him all the kindreds of the earth shall be blessed ( Galatians 3:28 ; Ephesians 2:14-22 ).—F.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Zechariah 11:7-10 - Homilies By W. Forsyth

Zechariah 11:7-10 - Homilies By W. Forsyth

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