Zacarías 11:9

9 Así que les dije: «Ya no seré su pastor. Si se mueren, que se mueran. Si las matan, que las maten. ¡Y que las sobrevivientes se devoren unas a otras!».

Zacarías 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 11:9

Then said I, I will not feed you
That is, any longer; either personally, or by his apostles; he fed them himself, during his public ministry; and afterwards by his apostles, whom he ordered to preach the Gospel to the Jews first; but that being contradicted, blasphemed, and despised by them, they were ordered to turn away from them, and go to the Gentiles: this shows that not the shepherds only, but the body of the people, abhorred Christ and his Gospel: and therefore it was taken away from them: that that dieth, let it die;
literally, by the pestilence, that going by the name of death in Scripture; and spiritually, they that are dead in sin, let them continue so; let them die through famine of the word they have despised; let them die in their sins, and die the second death, they justly deserve: and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off;
literally, by the sword; spiritually, the meaning is, that whereas some were in righteous judgment appointed to ruin, vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; let them be left to themselves, to a judicial blindness, and hardness of heart, and be cut off as unfruitful branches, and be no more in a church state here, and hereafter cast into everlasting burnings: and let the rest eat everyone the flesh of another;
through famine; or destroy each other in their internal divisions, which was the case of the Jews, when Jerusalem was besieged; see ( Galatians 5:15 ) .

Zacarías 11:9 In-Context

7 Así que cuidé el rebaño destinado al matadero, el rebaño que fue oprimido. Entonces tomé dos varas de pastor y a una nombré Favor y a la otra Unión.

8 En un solo mes me deshice de los tres pastores malvados.
Sin embargo, perdí la paciencia con estas ovejas y ellas también me odiaron.

9 Así que les dije: «Ya no seré su pastor. Si se mueren, que se mueran. Si las matan, que las maten. ¡Y que las sobrevivientes se devoren unas a otras!».

10 Entonces tomé mi vara llamada Favor y la partí en dos para mostrar que había revocado el pacto que había hecho con todas las naciones.

11 Así terminó mi pacto con ellas. El sufrido rebaño me miraba y sabían que el Señor
hablaba por medio de mis acciones.