Zechariah 11:15

15 God then said, "Dress up like a stupid shepherd.

Zechariah 11:15 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 11:15

And the Lord said unto me
The Prophet Zechariah:

Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd;
the meaning is, that the prophet should put on the habit of a shepherd, and take a scrip and staff in his hands, and represent a foolish shepherd, hereafter described.

Zechariah 11:15 In-Context

13 God told me, "Throw it in the poor box." This stingy wage was all they thought of me and my work! So I took the thirty silver coins and threw them into the poor box in God's Temple.

15 God then said, "Dress up like a stupid shepherd.

16 I'm going to install just such a shepherd in this land - a shepherd indifferent to victims, who ignores the lost, abandons the injured, and disdains decent citizens. He'll only be in it for what he can get out of it, using and abusing any and all.

17 "Doom to you, useless shepherd, walking off and leaving the sheep! A curse on your arm! A curse on your right eye! Your arm will hang limp and useless. Your right eye will go stone blind."