Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Zechariah 11:16
cut off:
Or, hidden
feed:
Or, bear
cut off:
Or, hidden
feed:
Or, bear
Verse Zechariah 11:16. _I WILL RAISE UP A SHEPHERD IN THE LAND_] Some wicked king; and _Newcome_ supposes _Hoshea_ may be meant. See 2 Kings 17:1, and to such an abominable sovereign the prophecy may...
I WILL RAISE UP - God supplies the strength or wisdom which people abuse to sin. He, in His Providence, disposeth the circumstances, of which the ambitious avail themselves. antichrist, whom the Jews...
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
The author does not pursue further the history of the good shepherd, but proceeds to desoribe in similar terms an evil successor. Whether he has in view Jason, the immediate successor of Onias, or Men...
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...
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6, This Looks forward to the Antichrist; for one of his titles is "the idol shepherd "of Zechariah 11:17. THOSE THAT BE CUT OFF. the perishing. THE YOUNG ONE....
The foolish shepherd, Zechariah 11:15; the misery he inflicts upon the flock, Zechariah 11:16; and his doom, Zechariah 11:17....
_cut off_ i.e. _destroyed_, or _lost_. See Zechariah 11:9, and comp. Exodus 23:23. "Pastores seduli requirunt siquid est perditum, vel siquid evanuit in grege: et hoc intelligit Zacharias per visitati...
FOR, LO,—WHICH SHALL NOT VISIT, &C.— _For lo,—who will not look after those that are perishing, nor seek the wandering one, nor heal the broken, nor carry the restive or the weary; but will eat the fl...
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...
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he...
11:16 away, (c-29) Or 'is dispersed.'...
CLAWS] RV 'hoofs.' The idea is the cracking of the hoofs of the sheep by being overdriven....
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...
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...
THE YOUNG ONE. — Better, _the scattered._ The foolish shepherd we understand to mean all the misrulers of Israel from the time of the decline of the glories of the Maccabean period to the day when the...
כִּ֣י הִנֵּֽה ־אָנֹכִי֩ מֵקִ֨ים רֹעֶ֜ה בָּ †...
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...
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...
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...
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [who] shall not visit those that are cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which (s) standeth still:...
_Hoofs, with excessive travelling. (Calmet) --- They shew no pity, but are wholly intent on their own pleasures. (Haydock)_...
And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek...
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...
_Behold_, he says, _I will set a shepherd in the land_. God had now, as we have said, renounced the office of a shepherd; but he afterwards set over them wolves, and thieves, and robbers, instead of s...
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...
FOR, LO, I WILL RAISE UP A SHEPHERD IN THE LAND,.... Not in the land of Judea, but in the Roman empire; and so not Herod, nor King Agrippa, as Kimchi; nor Antiochus Epiphanes, as others; nor those wic...
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, [which] shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but h...
_For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land_ A shepherd, in the singular number, denotes a succession of such shepherds as are described in the following words. So a succession of priests is repre...
THE FOOLISH SHEPHERD...
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, one assuming the functions of a true shepherd, WHICH SHALL NOT VISIT THOSE THAT BE CUT OFF, paying no attention to those who perish, NEITHER SHALL SEEK...
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...
15-17 God, having showed the misery of this people in their being justly left by the Good Shepherd, shows their further misery in being abused by foolish shepherds. The description suits the characte...
I WILL RAISE UP A SHEPHERD; as a just punishment of their sin in refusing Christ, the wise and good Shepherd; his government they would not accept to their salvation, that they choose shall be to thei...
Zechariah 11:16 up H6965 (H8688) shepherd H7462 (H8802) land H776 care H6485 (H8799) off H3582 ...
ZECHARIAH IS CALLED ON TO ILLUSTRATE YHWH'S REJECTION OF HIS PEOPLE BY APPEARING LIKE A FOOLISH SHEPHERD (ZECHARIAH 11:15). Zechariah 11:15 ‘And YHWH said to me, “Take to yourself yet again the tools...
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...
_Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd _ THE INSTRUMENTS OF A FOOLISH SHEPHERD The command addressed to the prophet was, “to take unto him yet the instruments of a foolish shepher...
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....
CRITICAL NOTES. Zechariah 11:15.] Since the Good Shepherd was rejected a very different class would shepherd them. TAKE] again. Instruments] A crook, bag, pipe, and knife, &c. Foolish] Bad shepherd ...
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...
1 Samuel 17:34; 1 Samuel 17:35; Ezekiel 34:10; Ezekiel 34:16;...
Who shall not visit — Who seeks not out those that are lost. The young one — Which are aptest to perish through weakness. Nor heal — But leaves it to die of its wounds. That stand still — Not able to...