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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Zechariah 11:16

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Zechariah11:16

16. in the land--Antichrist will probably he a Jew, or at least one in Judea.

not visit ... neither ... seek ... heal ... broken, nor feed ... but ... eat ... flesh ... tear--Compare similar language as to the unfaithful shepherds of Israel in Eze 34:2-4. This implies, they shall be paid in kind. Such a shepherd in the worst type shall "tear" them for a limited time.

those ... cut off--"those perishing" [Septuagint], that is, those sick unto death, as if already cut off.

the young--The Hebrew is always used of human youths, who are really referred to under the image of the young of the flock. Ancient expositors [Chaldee Version, Jerome, &c.] translate, "the straying," "the dispersed"; so Gesenius.

broken--the wounded.

standeth still--with faintness lagging behind.

tear ... claws--expressing cruel voracity; tearing off the very hoofs (compare Ex 10:26), giving them excruciating pain, and disabling them from going in quest of pasture.

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