Sājiālìyàshū 11:3

3 Tīng a , yǒu mùrén āi hào de shēngyīn , yīn tāmen rónghuá de cǎo cháng huǐhuaì le . yǒu shǎo zhuàng shīzi paó xiāo de shēngyīn , yīn Yuēdànhé páng de cóng lín huāng feì le .

Sājiālìyàshū 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 11:3

[There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds
Which may be understood either of the civil rulers among the Jews, who now lose their honour and their riches; and so the Targum, Jarchi, and Aben Ezra, interpret it of kings; or of the ecclesiastical rulers, the elders of the people, the Scribes and Pharisees: for their glory is spoiled;
their power and authority; their riches and wealth; their places of honour and profit; their offices, posts, and employments, whether in civil or religious matters, are taken from them, and they are deprived of them: a voice of the roaring of young lions;
of princes, comparable to them for their power, tyranny, and cruelty: the Targum is,

``their roaring is as the roaring of young lions:''

for the pride of Jordan is spoiled;
a place where lions and their young ones resorted, as Jarchi observes; (See Gill on Jeremiah 49:19). Jordan is here put for the whole land of Judea now wasted, and so its pride and glory gone; as if the waters of Jordan were dried up, the pride and glory of that, and which it showed when its waters swelled and overflowed; hence called by Pliny ^F24 "ambitiosus amnis", a haughty and ambitious swelling river.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 15.

Sājiālìyàshū 11:3 In-Context

1 Lì bā nèn nǎ , kāi kāi nǐde mén , rèn huǒshào miè nǐde xiāng bǎi shù .

2 Sōng shù a , yīngdāng āi hào , yīnwei xiāng bǎi shù qīng dǎo , jiā mĕi de shù huǐhuaì . Bāshān de xiàngshù a , yīngdāng āi hào , yīnwei mào shèng de shùlín yǐjing dǎo le .

3 Tīng a , yǒu mùrén āi hào de shēngyīn , yīn tāmen rónghuá de cǎo cháng huǐhuaì le . yǒu shǎo zhuàng shīzi paó xiāo de shēngyīn , yīn Yuēdànhé páng de cóng lín huāng feì le .

4 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén rúcǐ shuō , nǐ Sājiālìyà yào mù yǎng zhè jiāng zǎi de qún yáng .

5 Mǎi tāmende zǎi le tāmen , yǐ zìjǐ wèi wú zuì . maì tāmende shuō , Yēhéhuá shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de , yīn wǒ chéngwéi fùzú . mù yǎng tāmende bìng bù liánxù tāmen .