Zechariah 11:14

"The LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter—the handsome price that I was valued at by them!” I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the LORD’s house."

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 11:14, the prophet is directed by God to symbolically throw away the "handsome price" (30 pieces of silver) that he had been valued at by the people. This action is a powerful metaphor highlighting the rejection and devaluation of the shepherd's ministry among the Israelites. The act underscores how even what might seem valuable in human eyes is rejected when placed before God, emphasizing the profound spiritual failure and disconnection from divine truth within the community.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And I cut asunder mine other staff, Bands, to dissolve the brotherhood between Judah and Israel -Hitherto prophecy had spoken of the healing of the great breach between Israel and Judah, in Christ. “The Lord,” Isaiah said, “shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

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