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Verse Zechariah 11:5. _WHOSE POSSESSORS_] Governors and false
prophets, _slay_ _them_, by leading them to those things that will
bring them to destruction.
_AND THEY THAT SELL THEM_] Give them up to...
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WHOSE POSSESSORS - (buyers) slay them and hold themselves not guilty,
rather, are not guilty either in their own eyes, or in the sight of
God, since He gave them up and would no more avenge them. They...
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CHAPTER 11
_ 1. The judgment of the land, the temple and the slaughter of the
flock (Zechariah 11:1) _
2. The true shepherd set aside and rejected (Zechariah 11:7)
3. The foolish shepherd (Z
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AN HISTORICAL SKETCH IN FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE. The author here assumes
the rô le of the chief actor in the events he is describing, and
speaks in the first person. Unlike Zechariah, but in accordance wi...
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AM RICH. am become rich, [and therefore can sell them cheaply]....
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_possessors_ Rather, BUYERS. The flock of which the prophet was
commanded to take charge had been bought and slain without
compunction, and sold for gain, with a complacent "bless the Lord" at
the goo...
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AND HOLD THEMSELVES NOT GUILTY— _And repent not,_ or _are not
ashamed._ See Jeremiah 2:3; Jeremiah 50:7. Hosea 5:15. The Romans are
here referred to, who, at the time of the coming of the great Shephe...
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FAITHFUL AND FOOLISH SHEPHERDS. Zechariah 11:4-17
RV. Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter; whose
possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that
sell them say, Bl...
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11:5 guilty; (f-8) Or 'and do not suffer [punishment] for it.'...
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THE PARABLE OF THE SHEPHERDS
The perplexing nature of the prophecies in this chapter renders
exposition difficult, especially as we cannot be sure of the
circumstances. Apparently, however, the passa...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 11
V1 Open your doors, Lebanon. Then fire will destroy your *cedar trees!
V2 Cry aloud, *juniper trees, because (he has) destroyed...
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(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and
symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to
the interpretation is given to us. Thus commentators are quit...
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AND HOLD... NOT GUILTY. — Comp. Jeremiah 1:7. Own is a gloss of the
English version....
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אֲשֶׁ֨ר קֹנֵיהֶ֤ן יַֽהֲרְגֻן֙ וְ לֹ֣א
יֶאְשָׁ֔מוּ...
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THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH"
Chapter s 9-14
FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the
subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of
division for "Zechariah...
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7. THE REJECTION AND MURDER OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD
Zechariah 11:4; Zechariah 13:7
There follows now, in the rest of chapter 11, a longer oracle, to
which Ewald and most critics after him have suitably...
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BEAUTY AND BANDS
Zechariah 11:1-17
The times were very dark when Zechariah felt called upon to act as
shepherd to Jehovah's harried flock. Rulers and priests were actuated
by selfish greed and mutua...
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The last movement of the message described the rejection of the King.
The prophet first foretold the coming of judgment under the figure of
the Roman fire devouring the people and spoiling the glory...
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Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves (f) not guilty: and
they that sell them say, (g) Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and
their own shepherds pity them not.
(f) Their governors destr...
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Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose
possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that
sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich; and their ow...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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He afterwards adds another circumstance, which shows still further the
wonderful and ineffable goodness of God, — that he had been a
shepherd of a flock, which had not only been harassed by wolves and...
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In connection with the judgments that should attend it, the Spirit
enters into more detail with respect to the rejection of the Messiah,
and the particular circumstances of the last days, in consequen...
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WHOSE POSSESSORS SLAY THEM, AND HOLD THEMSELVES NOT GUILTY,.... Not
the Romans after Christ came, into whose hands they were delivered,
and by whom they were slain in great numbers, not accounting it...
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Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they
that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their
own shepherds pity them not.
Ver. 5. _Whose possessors slay th...
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_Feed the flock of the slaughter_ That is, the people, who are so
denominated, because they were devoted to ruin by the following
mischievous counsels of their false teachers, and the oppressions of
t...
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whose possessors slay them and hold themselves not guilty, the buyers
and masters of the covenant people dealing with them as they pleased,
without incurring blame; AND THEY THAT SELL THEM SAY, BLESSE...
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THE GOOD SHEPHERDS...
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JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE TRUE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL IS REJECTED AND A FALSE
SHEPHERD ACCEPTED
(vv. 1-6)
This chapter is all prophetic, dealing chiefly with the suffering of
Israel because of their reject...
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4-14 Christ came into this world for judgment to the Jewish church
and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those have
their minds wofully blinded, who do ill, and justify themselves...
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WHOSE POSSESSORS SLAY THEM; either their own governors, or the Romans
who in right of conquerors are their possessors; which way soever they
got them into their hands, they ruined them, destroyed them...
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Zechariah 11:5 owners H7069 (H8802) slaughter H2026 (H8799) guilt H816
(H8799) sell H4376 (H8802) say...
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A PROPHECY IN WHICH ZECHARIAH SEES THAT INSTEAD OF TRUE SHEPHERDS
THERE WILL ARISE FALSE SHEPHERDS. HE AS THE TRUE SHEPHERD WILL BE
REJECTED (ZECHARIAH 11:1).
Zchariah now returns to his theme of the...
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ZECHARIAH IS TO FEED THE FLOCK DOOMED FOR SLAUGHTER (ZECHARIAH 11:4).
There is an interesting contrast here between the false shepherds of
Zechariah and the true shepherd of Ezekiel. In Ezekiel 34 YHW...
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Zechariah 11:4. _Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the
slaughter;_
This is a deep prophecy. It may be interpreted concerning many events,
but I think it primarily refers to the departure...
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CONTENTS: First advent of Christ foretold and His rejection. God's
wrath against Israel as the result. The rise of anti-Christ and his
judgment.
CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah.
CONCLUSION: Those who wil...
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Zechariah 11:1. _Open thy doors, oh Lebanon._ This is a word of
delicacy for the temple, calling it by another name. Dr. Lightfoot
quotes several striking comments on this text. “The east gate of the...
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_Feed the flock of the slaughter _
OPPRESSED PEOPLE AND THEIR OPRESSORS
I. A duty enjoined towards oppressed peoples. “Feed the flock
(sheep) of the slaughter.” These shepherds, these rulers of the...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:1 Zechariah’s focus turns from the
flock back to the shepherds. The fable of vv. Zechariah 11:1 tells of
impending destruction. In vv....
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 11:4 Zechariah himself acts out the role
of a shepherd who rescues his sheep only to have the sheep come to
detest him. He then leaves the flock to a worthless shepherd....
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Zechariah 11:4.] The cause of the ruin. FEED] The prophet to act the
part of a good shepherd. FLOCK] Jewish nation.
ZECHARIAH 11:5. POSSESSORS] Lit _buyers_, who think they can sell...
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EXPOSITION
ZECHARIAH 11:13
§ 8. Restoration to their own land and material prosperity do not
free the Israelites from probation or trouble. The prophet, therefore,
darkens his late picture with some...
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Tonight we have a fascinating area of scripture to cover. Pray the
Lord will give me the gift of brevity. For we are surely getting into
some exciting areas of biblical prophecy, as the Lord begins to...
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1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Kings 4:1; 2 Peter 2:3; Deuteronomy 29:19;...
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Whose possessors — Governors. Not guilty — Think they do no ill.
That sell them — For slaves. For l am rich — Profanely give God
thanks, that they thrive by cruelty and oppression....