Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 11:12

"And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty [pieces] of silver." — Zechariah 11:12 (ASV)

My price. —The shepherd demands a recompense for his toil, as a test of the gratitude of the sheep.

And if not, forbear. —Compare to Ezekiel 3:27 and following. God does not force our will, which is free. He places life and death before us; by His grace alone we can choose Him, but we can refuse His grace and Himself.

Thirty pieces of silver. —The price set on a foreign slave (Exodus 21:32).