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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 11 - Introduction

* Destruction to come upon the Jews. (1-3) The Lord's dealing with the Jews. (4-14) The emblem and curse of a foolish shepherd. (15-17)

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See also Zechariah 11 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Rup.: “‘All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth,’ saith the Psalmist Psalms 25:11, and, ‘I will sing to Thee of mercy and judgment’ Psalms 101:1. So is this prophecy divided. Above , almost all w...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The occurrence of a new heading, The burden of the word of the Lord, which occurs again in Zechariah 12:1, and elsewhere only in Malachi 1:1, warns us that a new section begins here. We are no longer...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The rejection of the Shepherd In this chapter, which forms the second section of the First Burden, we have, so to speak, a companion picture to that drawn in the first section. If that picture, howev...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. THE FAITHFUL BEING CARED FOR, THE IMPENITENT ARE REJECTED. THE SLAVES OF BEAUTY AND BANDS BROKEN BY THE REJECTION OF CHRIST. THE TYPE AND CURSE OF A FOOLISH SHEPHERD._...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (d-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Zechariah'), Said to mean, 'Whom Jah remembers.' Darius, (e-10) As Haggai 1:1 ....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    "ZECHARIAH" (9-14) "Lo, thy King cometh to thee, vindicated and victorious, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass." "Up, Sword, against My Shepherd! Smite the Shepherd, that t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 11 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Jews, and shows the causes and reasons of it; and is concluded with a prediction concerning antichrist. The des...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    This Second Main Section In Chapter s 9-14 Probably Came Later in Zechariah's Life and It Concentrates on the Eschatalogical Future When God Will Finally Bring All His Work to Fruition. Many years hav...

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