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So I fed the flock of slaughter, most assuredly the poor of the flock. I took to me two poles; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
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The Shepherd is God Himself
Commentators agree that the shepherd in this verse is not merely the prophet Zechariah. He acts as a representative of God, specifically portraying the Messiah, Jesus Christ. This passage is seen as a prophetic drama showing how the Good Shepherd came to care for His people, even those destined for judgment due to their own obstinacy.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophetic narrative that follows differs in its form, in some respects, from the symbolical actions of the prophets and from Zechariah’s own vi…
19th Century
Anglican
Will feed. —Correctly, fed. The prophet, acting as God’s representative, performs a symbolic action, thereby symbolizing …
Baptist
The "Beauty" is the loving-kindness of the presence of God; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. By "Bands" we understand binders, th…
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16th Century
Protestant
He resumes here the thread of the discourse, which he had broken off a short time before. He explains what had not yet been fully expressed: that t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will feed the flock of slaughter According to the call and commission he had from his divine Father, ([Referen…
Christ came into this world for judgment on the Jewish church and nation, which were wretchedly corrupt and degenerate. Those who do wrong and just…
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