Zechariah 11:15

And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd - "take unto thee yet" - i:e., 'take again'; as in previously he had taken other implements.

The instruments - the accoutrements-namely, the shepherd's crook and staff, wallet, etc. Assume the character of The instruments - the accoutrements-namely, the shepherd's crook and staff, wallet, etc. Assume the character of a bad ("foolish" in Scripture is synonymous with wicked, ) shepherd, as before thou assumedst that of a good shepherd. Since the Jews would not have Messiah, "the good shepherd (), they were given up to Rome, pagan and papal, both alike their persecutor, especially the latter, and shall be again to Antichrist, the "man of sin," the instrument of judgment by Christ's permission. Compare , "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive." Antichrist will first make a covenant with them as their ruler, but then will break it, and thee shall feel the iron yoke of his tyranny, as the false Messiah, because they rejected the light yoke of the true Messiah (; ; ; 2 Thessalonians 2:3). But at last he is to perish utterly (), and the elect remnant of Judah and Israel is to be saved gloriously.