Zechariah 11:12

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

And I said unto them. The prophet here represents the person of Yahweh-Messiah.

If ye think good - literally, 'If it be good in your eyes.' Glancing at their self-sufficient pride in not deigning to give Him that return which His great love in coming down to them from heaven merited-namely, their love and obedience.

Give me my price. "My price:" my reward for pastoral care, both during the whole of Israel's history from the exodus, and consummated especially in the three and a half years of Messiah's ministry. He speaks as their "servant," which He was to them, in order to fulfill the Father's will ().

And if not, forbear. They withheld that which He sought as His only reward, their love; yet He will not force them, but leave His cause with God (Isaiah 49:4). Compare the type, Jacob cheated of his wages by Laban, but leaving his cause in the hands of God (; ).

So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver - 30 skekels. They not only refused Him His due, but added insult to injury, by giving for Him the price of a gored bond-servant (; ). A freeman was rated at twice that sum.