Zechariah 11:6
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What does Zechariah 11:6 mean?
For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,
saith
the Lord
Or spare them; but cause his wrath to come upon them to the
uttermost, as it did at the time of Jerusalem's destruction by
the Romans; but, lo, I will deliver the men everyone into
his neighbour's
hand;
this seems to refer to the factions and divisions among
themselves during the siege of Jerusalem, when multitudes fell
into the hands of the zealots, and heads of parties, and perished
by them: and into the hand of his king;
Vespasian the Roman emperor; the Jews having declared, long
before this time, that they had no king but Caesar, ( John 19:15 ) and now
into his hands they were delivered up: and they shall smite
the land;
that is, the Romans shall lay waste the land of Judea: and
out of their hand I will not deliver [them];
as formerly out of the hands of their neighbours, the
Philistines, Ammonites and out of the captivity of Babylon. It
denotes that their destruction would be an utter one; nor have
they been delivered yet, though it has been over 1900 years ago.
