John Trapp on Zechariah 11:6

Verſe 6. For I will no more pitty the inhabitants of the land] Or ſurely I will no more &c. A feareful ſentence, written in blood, and breathing out nothing but utter deſtruction, David knew what he did, when he choſe rather to fall into the hand of the Lord, then of men. For his mercies are many, and it ſoon repents him concerning his ſervants:Prov. 12 10. but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Thoſe ſhepheards in the former verſe were grievous wolves: what wonder therefore that they ſpared not the flock?Act. 20.29. But yet whiles God pittied them there was hope in Iſrael concerning this thing, as He ſaid Ezr. 10.2. whereas now that Gods ſoul is disjoynted from them, and his bowels ſhut up, deſolation muſt needs be at [illegible: 1 letter]ext door by Ier. 6.8.Jer. 17.17. Be not thou a terrour unto me, O Lord, ſaid that Prophet, and then I care not, though all the world frown upon me, and ſet againſt me. But woe be to Lo-ruamah, the people of Gods wrath, and of his curſe. I have noted before out of Ier. 16.13. that Gods I will ſhew you no favour, was worſe then I will caſt you out of this land.

I will deliver the men] Heb. I will make them to be found, pulling them out of their ſtarting holes, and lurking places. Evil ſhall hunt the violent man to deſtroy him. Pſal. 140.11.

every one unto his neighbours hand] As into the hang-mans hand. this was fulfilled, eſpecially during the ſiege by the ſeditious within the walls of Jeruſalem,Joſeph[illegible: 1 letter]d bel. J[illegible: 1 letter]d. l. 6. cap. 2. and 4. one man proving a wolf, nay a devil to another.

and into the hand of his king! The Roman Emperour, who diſclaimed indeed the name of a king to avoid the hatred of the people, and yet exerciſed the full power of kings both at home and abroad. Theſe lews firſt ſubdued by the Romans and reduced into a province, did afterwards rebel (though they had once in oppoſition to Chriſt cryed out, we have no king but Caeſar) and were therefore, after five moneths ſiege utterly ruined: For what with extremity of famine and what with the fury of the ſword, there periſhed in Jeruſalem, and in the province adjoyning,Joſeph, v[illegible: 1 letter]i ſupra as Euſ[illegible: 1 letter]buis affirms about 600000. able men to bear armes. Or as Joſephus holds, who was an eye-witneſſe, and prelent in the war, there died 1100000. beſides others taken captive, to the number of 97000.

and I will ſmite the Land] So that it hath lain, as it were bed-ridden ever ſince.