Zechariah 11:12

"It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was the LORD’s word."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 11:12, the breaking symbolizes the rejection or abandonment by God's people. The poor of the flock who listen to God's message recognize this as a divine pronouncement, indicating that despite their faithfulness, they are experiencing the consequences of Israel's broader rejection and estrangement from God.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And I said unto them, If ye think good, give Me My price -God asks of us a return, not having any proportion to His gifts of nature or of grace, but such as we can render. He took the Jews out of the whole human race, made them His own, “a peculiar people,” freed them from “the bondage and the iron furnace of Egypt,” gave them “the land flowing with milk and honey,” fed and guarded them by His Providence, taught them by His prophets. He, the Lord and Creator of all, was willing to have them alone for His inheritance, and, in return, asked them to love Him with their whole heart, and to do what He commanded them.

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