Woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his (t) arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be wholly dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
(t) By the arm he signifies strength, as he does wisdom and judgments by the eye: that is, the plague of God will take away both your strength and judgment.
Verse Zechariah 11:17. _WO TO THE IDOL SHEPHERD_] רעי האליל _roi haelil_, "the worthless," or "good for nothing shepherd." The shepherd in name and office, but not performing the _work_ of one. See Jo...
WOE TO THE IDOL SHEPHERD - (A shepherd of nothingness, one who hath no quality of a shepherd ;) “who leaveth the flock.” The condemnation of the evil shepherd is complete in the abandonment of the she...
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...
IDOL. idol's. For the sequel to this prophecy see Zechariah 13:7. CLEAN DRIED UP. withered. DARKENED. blinded....
The foolish shepherd, Zechariah 11:15; the misery he inflicts upon the flock, Zechariah 11:16; and his doom, Zechariah 11:17....
_idol shepherd_ Rather, WORTHLESS SHEPHERD: lit. _shepherd of nothingness_, or _worthlessness_. Comp. "physicians of no value," Job 13:4. _leaveth the flock_ Comp. John 10:12. _the sword_ To be taken...
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...
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. WOE TO THE ID...
11:17 worthless (d-4) Or 'idolatrous.'...
IDOL] RV 'worthless.' The word is used of idols, because of their worthlessness: cp. John 10:12; John 10:13. ZECHARIAH 13:7. MY FELLOW] one who has the same interests. SMITE THE SHEPHERD] cp....
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...
IDOL SHEPHERD. — Better, _useless shepherd._ Though the wicked useless shepherd is allowed for a time to ill-treat and neglect the flock, in the end the judgment of God will fall upon him. (Comp. Dani...
הֹ֣וי רֹעִ֤י הָֽ אֱלִיל֙ עֹזְבִ֣י הַ צֹּ֔אן
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...
Shepherd. Septuagint, "ye who feed foolish things, forsaking," &c. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "shepherd of nothing." --- Darkened. Caligula was slain, and had not sense to know what was for this real inter...
REFLECTIONS. Reader! how awful this Chapter begins, and how awful it ends. The doors are to be opened, to burn the whole dwelling that reject Christ; and the foolish shepherd, and the idle, that direc...
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...
In this verse the Prophet teaches us, that though God would inflict a deserved punishment on the Jews, yet the shepherds themselves would not escape his vengeance; and thus he reminds them, that even...
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...
WOE TO THE IDOL SHEPHERD,.... Or, "the shepherd of nothing" w; that is, no true shepherd, that is good for nothing, for an idol is nothing in the world, 1 Corinthians 8:4 and who is an idol himself, s...
Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Ver. 17. _Woe...
_Wo to the idol shepherd_ Or the shepherd _of nothing_, or _of no value_, as רעי האליל should be translated; he who calls himself the shepherd, ruler, or teacher of the people, but is in reality nothi...
THE FOOLISH SHEPHERD...
Woe to the idol shepherd, the worthless shepherd, THAT LEAVETH THE FLOCK, neglecting his chief duty toward its members. THE SWORD SHALL BE UPON HIS ARM, causing him to lose this important member of hi...
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...
WOE TO THE IDOL SHEPHERD! to every one of them that are but the images of shepherds, worthless and useless. THAT LEAVETH, casts off the care of, THE FLOCK, JEREMIAH 23:1 EZEKIEL 34:2. THE SWORD, of th...
Zechariah 11:17 Woe H1945 worthless H457 shepherd H7473 leaves H5800 (H8802) flock H6629 sword H2719 arm H2220
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...
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 11:17 Israel rejects the shepherd the Lord has provided. So the Lord instructs Zechariah to leave the FLOCK to the mercies of a WORTHLESS SHEPHERD who will exploit it for h...
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 Corinthians 10:19; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Kings 13:4;...
The idol shepherd — To them that are but the images of shepherds. That leaveth — Casts off the care of the flock. The sword — Of the enemy, shall break his strength and be — fool his counsels. Dried u...