Zechariah 11 Study Notes
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11:10-11 As George Klein points out (Zechariah), most interpreters do not consider the covenant to be one of the biblical covenants but “a general covenant that protected Judah from the wiles of her neighboring nations.” It “speaks metaphorically of God’s protective restraint on the nations that would be withdrawn when the shepherd broke the covenant.”
11:12-13 The thirty pieces of silver may be an allusion to the value of a slave (Ex 21:32). Throwing the magnificent price (probably sarcastic) to the potter in the temple was an act of desecration. Matthew used some of this wording in reference to Judas (Mt 27:9-10), though stating that it was Jeremiah’s prophecy that was fulfilled (Jr 32:6-9).
11:14 The hoped-for reunification of Israel and Judah was canceled (see note at 10:6-9).
11:15-16 If the people were not going to follow a good shepherd, they might as well follow a bad one, so God responded in satire and appointed the prophet as a foolish shepherd.