My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the (d) goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as (e) his majestic horse in the battle.
(d) Meaning, the cruel governors who did oppress the poor sheep; (Ezekiel 34:16).
(e) He will be merciful to his Church, and cherish them as a king or prince does his best horse, which will be for his own use in war.
Verse Zechariah 10:3. _MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS_] Bad kings and bad priests. _I will punish the goats_; these were the wicked _priests_, who were _shepherds_ by their _office_, and...
MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS - As Ezekiel continued, “Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand” Ezekiel 34:10. I PUNISHED T...
CHAPTER 10:1-12 _ 1. The apostasy of Israel in the last days (Zechariah 10:2) _ 2. The victory over the enemies (Zechariah 10:5) 3. Deliverance and restoration (Zechariah 10:8)...
This is made up of several fragments. Zechariah 10:3_ a_ is apparently the beginning of a denunciation of Israel's leaders founded upon Ezekiel 34, whereas Zechariah 10:3_ b_ describes the Lord as vis...
PUNISHED. shall visit upon. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. GOODLY HORSE. majestic war-horse....
_was kindled … punished … hath made is kindled … will punish … shall make_, R. V. _the shepherds_ who though they were "no (true) shepherds," yet retained the name and office. Quite parallel is the pa...
THE GOATS— This should be rendered _the he-goats,_ the chiefs and leaders of the flock, metaphorically put for the principal persons in a state. See Jeremiah 50:8; Jeremiah 50:46. _AGAINST THE SHEPHER...
CHAPTER XXXIX ISRAEL RESTORED Zechariah 10:1-12 RV. Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one...
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. MINE...
RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE 1, 2. A warning to trust in God and not in sorcerers. 3-7. The Lord will cast out the evil guides of the people, and under new leaders Ephraim and Judah will be victoriou...
SHEPHERDS] probably religious teachers are here meant: see Intro. PUNISHED THE GOATS] RV 'will punish the he-goats,' i.e. the false guides of the people: cp. Jeremiah 50:8. HATH MADE] RV 'shall make.'...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 10 V1 Ask the *LORD for rain in the springtime. It is the *LORD who makes the storm clouds. Also, he gives heavy rain to people and...
WAS KINDLED. — Better, _is kindled._ (Comp. Note on Zechariah 8:2.) SHEPHERDS. — This term is used of native rulers and guides (Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 17:16;...
עַל ־הָֽ רֹעִים֙ חָרָ֣ה אַפִּ֔י וְ עַל
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...
5. AGAINST EVIL SHEPHERDS Zechariah 10:3 The unity of this section is more apparent than its connection with the preceding, which had spoken of the want of a shepherd, or religious director, of Isra...
A LOWLY DELIVERER BRINGS PEACE Zechariah 9:9-17; Zechariah 10:1-12 Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs n...
This victory led him to describe the yet greater and final victory of the people of God. He introduced this description by appealing to Zion to ask help of Jehovah, and immediately declaring Jehovah's...
_Goats; the leaders of the people, Jeremias l. 8. (Calmet) --- Vir gregis ipse caper. (Virgil, Eclogues vii.) --- Jason died in exile, Lysimachus was slain in the temple, Alcimus perished miserably, a...
Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field. 2. For the idols have spoken vanity, and th...
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...
He had said that the Jews had been driven into exile, and had been oppressed by their enemies, because they had no shepherd; not indeed to lessen their fault, for they were wholly inexcusable, since t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS,.... The Targum interprets it of "kings"; as the "goats" of "princes", in the next clause; by whom, according to Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Abarbinel,...
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. Ver. 3....
_Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds_ Against the kings, princes, and priests. These were the leaders of the Jewish people into idolatry and vice. The word _shepherds_ is beautifully taken up...
Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, the rulers of Israel to whom He had entrusted the leadership, AND I PUNISHED THE GOATS, visiting them with a severe punishment; FOR THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH...
FURTHER BLESSINGS OF JEHOVAH UPON HIS PEOPLE. The subject discussed in the last Chapter was so great and wonderful that the Lord has not begun to exhaust it, but takes the opportunity of giving a ful...
BLESSING ASSURED IN GOD'S TIME (vv. 1-12) Following the prophecy of the certainty of God's future blessing for Israel, based on the perfect goodness and beauty of the Messiah, how good it is to see...
PUNISHED: _ Heb._ visited upon...
1-5 Spiritual blessings had been promised under figurative allusions to earthly plenty. Seasonable rain is a great mercy, which we may ask of God when there is most need of it, and we may look for it...
MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED; though it was justly kindled against all, yet it was more hot and fierce against the chief sinners among them. AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS; officers in church and state, who neglecte...
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GOD'S ANGER AT FALSE SHEPHERDS WHO LEAD HIS PEOPLE ASTRAY, BUT GOD WILL ENSURE THE COMING RESTORATION (ZECHARIAH 10:2). The picture now changes for a moment. If God is so powerful why are His people i...
Zechariah 10:1. _Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field._ The atheistic philosoph...
CONTENTS: The future strengthening of Judah and Ephraim. Israel's dispersion and regathering in one view. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God has a hand in all the events concerning Israel, and they sh...
Zechariah 10:1. _Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain,_ as stated in Deuteronomy 11:14. This rain fed the plant and made the harvest luxuriant. This chapter is therefore a continuati...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:1 In these verses Zechariah describes Judah’s leaders as “shepherds.” The current shepherds are unfaithful and greedy (vv. Zechariah 10:1), and God must rescue h
CRITICAL NOTES.] Idol worshippers brought their judgments now; they must call upon Jehovah. ASK] He will give _rain: i.e._ all temporal and spiritual blessings. CLOUDS] Lightnings, precursors of rain....
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 10:1, ZECHARIAH 10:2 § 4. A connecting link between the last section and the next. _The condition for obtaining the promised blessings is that they are to be sought from the Lor...
Now in this Kingdom Age, the promises of the Lord: Ask ye the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the f...
1 Peter 2:12; Exodus 4:31; Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:17; Ezekiel 34:2
The shepherds — Officers in the church and state. The goats — The officers among them, who were like he — goats, that push, and wound, and trample under foot the feebler cattle. Visited — In mercy. As...