The Lord — God the Father. Cast it — As being so little, it would hardly purchase any thing but what was the cheapest among them. A goodly price — God upbraids the shepherds of his people, who prized the great Shepherd no higher. Cast them to the potter — Or rather, cast them into the house of the Lord for the potter; all which the Jewish rulers acted over.
Verse Zechariah 11:13. _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, CAST IT UNTO THE POTTER_] Jehovah calls the price of his prophet _his own price_; and commands that it should not be accepted, but given to a potter,...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, CAST IT - As a thing vile and rejected, as torn flesh was to be cast to dogs Exodus 22:31, or a corpse was cast unburied Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 34:3;...
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The judgment of the land, the temple and the slaughter of the flock (Zechariah 11:1) _ 2. The true shepherd set aside and rejected (Zechariah 11:7) 3. The foolish shepherd (Z
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH IN FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The author here assumes the rô le of the chief actor in the events he is describing, and speaks in the first person. Unlike Zechariah, but in accordance wi...
CAST IT. As in Genesis 21:15; 2 Chronicles 24:10. unto the potter. The Syriac reads "into the treasury". POTTER. fashioner. The material cast to, so as to be used by, the fashioner determines the mean...
_Cast it_ "as a thing vile and rejected, as torn flesh was to be cast to dogs (Exodus 22:31), or a corpse was cast unburied (Isaiah 14:19), or the dead body of Absalom was cast into the pit (2 Samuel...
DISCOURSE: 1257 THE CONTEMPT POURED ON CHRIST 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...
AND I SAID, &C.— _Afterwards I said unto them, if this pleaseth you, give me my hire; if not, forbear: so,_ &c. Zechariah 11:13. _And the Lord said unto me, cast it to the potter,_ [namely,] _this ver...
FAITHFUL AND FOOLISH SHEPHERDS. Zechariah 11:4-17 RV. Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Bl...
And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. AND TH...
THE PARABLE OF THE SHEPHERDS The perplexing nature of the prophecies in this chapter renders exposition difficult, especially as we cannot be sure of the circumstances. Apparently, however, the passa...
UNTO THE POTTER] better, 'into the treasury' (see RM), by the change of one letter in the Heb. A GOODLY PRICE THAT I WAS PRISED AT OF THEM] a sarcastic parenthesis. St. Matthew applies the incident to...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 11 V1 Open your doors, Lebanon. Then fire will destroy your *cedar trees! V2 Cry aloud, *juniper trees, because (he has) destroyed...
(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to the interpretation is given to us. Thus commentators are quit...
This verse proves, if proof be needed, that the prophet, in his action, represents the Lord. POTTER. — The price was so contemptible that it is flung to the meanest of craftsmen. It seems probable th...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י הַשְׁלִיכֵ֨הוּ֙ אֶל...
7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 13:7 There follows now, in the rest of chapter 11, a longer oracle, to which Ewald and most critics after him have suitably...
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
BEAUTY AND BANDS Zechariah 11:1-17 The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated by selfish greed and mutua...
The last movement of the message described the rejection of the King. The prophet first foretold the coming of judgment under the figure of the Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the (q) potter: a glorious price that I was valued at by them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. (q)...
_The statuary. The Hebrew word signifies also a potter, (Challoner) and this seems to be the true meaning, Matthew xxvii. 3. The prophet is ordered to bring, thus to indicate what should be done by th...
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. 13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly pri...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
Hence he adds, _Jehovah said to me, throw it to the potter_. “This truly is my reward! Cast it to the potter, that he may get some bricks or coverings to repair the temple; if there are any parts of t...
In connection with the judgments that should attend it, the Spirit enters into more detail with respect to the rejection of the Messiah, and the particular circumstances of the last days, in consequen...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME,.... The Prophet Zechariah, in a visionary way representing the sanhedrim of the Jews, the chief priests, scribes, and elders: CAST IT UNTO THE POTTER; for the purchase of h...
And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty [pieces] of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. Ver. 1...
_And I said unto them_ Namely, upon parting. The prophet, still personating Christ, or acting as a type of him, reminds the Jews of his concern for their welfare, the care he had taken of them, and th...
THE GOOD SHEPHERDS...
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, thereby rejecting the insult which they offered. A GOODLY PRICE THAT I WAS PRIZED AT OF THEM! this being said in impressive irony. AND I TOOK THE TH...
JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL IS REJECTED AND A FALSE SHEPHERD ACCEPTED (vv. 1-6) This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of Israel because of their reject...
4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves...
THE LORD, God the Father, with detestation of so vile an affront and undervalue of his Son, said unto me; to Zechariah, in this theatre personating Christ sometimes. CAST IT UNTO THE POTTER; as being...
Zechariah 11:13 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Throw H7993 (H8685) potter H3335 (H8802) princely H145 price...
ZECHARIAH ASKS FOR HIS WAGE TO BE PAID BECAUSE HE IS GIVING UP HIS POSITION (ZECHARIAH 11:12). AND USES IT AS A SYMBOL OF ISRAEL'S REJECTION Zechariah 11:12 ‘And I said to them, “If you think good, g...
A PROPHECY IN WHICH ZECHARIAH SEES THAT INSTEAD OF TRUE SHEPHERDS THERE WILL ARISE FALSE SHEPHERDS. HE AS THE TRUE SHEPHERD WILL BE REJECTED (ZECHARIAH 11:1). Zchariah now returns to his theme of the...
Zechariah 11:4. _Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;_ This is a deep prophecy. It may be interpreted concerning many events, but I think it primarily refers to the departure...
CONTENTS: First advent of Christ foretold and His rejection. God's wrath against Israel as the result. The rise of anti-Christ and his judgment. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Those who wil...
Zechariah 11:1. _Open thy doors, oh Lebanon._ This is a word of delicacy for the temple, calling it by another name. Dr. Lightfoot quotes several striking comments on this text. “The east gate of the...
_So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver _ THE GOODLY PRICE OF JESUS Satan’s dealings with the human family may be truthfully described as one gigantic system of bribery and corruption....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:1 Zechariah’s focus turns from the flock back to the shepherds. The fable of vv. Zechariah 11:1 tells of impending destruction. In vv....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:4 Zechariah himself acts out the role of a shepherd who rescues his sheep only to have the sheep come to detest him. He then leaves the flock to a worthless shepherd....
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:12 Zechariah received as his pitifully inadequate wages THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, the price of a slave. He rejects the money and throws it into the house of the LOR
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 11:12. Good] “He served them, not for wages, but in obedience to the Divine will.” Wages, however, were due; the price of a slave offered. ZECHARIAH 11:13.] It was contemptu...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 11:13 § 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore, darkens his late picture with some...
Tonight we have a fascinating area of scripture to cover. Pray the Lord will give me the gift of brevity. For we are surely getting into some exciting areas of biblical prophecy, as the Lord begins to...
Acts 1:18; Acts 1:19; Acts 4:11; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 53:3;...
How can these verses be part of Zechariah when Matthew 27:9 says they belong to the Book of Jeremiah? PROBLEM: When Matthew presents the prophetic prediction that related to the death of Judas, he quo...