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Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says Yahweh of Hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand on the little ones.
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The Shepherd Who is God's Equal
Commentators unanimously identify the 'shepherd' as Christ. The phrase 'the man that is my fellow' is a powerful declaration of Jesus's dual nature. He is fully human ('the man') yet also fully divine, the 'fellow' or equal of God the Father. Scholars see this as a clear Old Testament affirmation of the Trinity and the Incarnation, where God and man are one in Christ.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Awake, O sword - So Jeremiah apostrophizes the sword, “O you sword of the Lord, when will you be quiet?” (Jeremiah 47:6…
19th Century
Anglican
My shepherd. —Unless we are to consider that these verses should be transferred to the end of Zechariah 11 (see Notes the…
Baptist
So, in the times of God's fiercest judgments, he has a remnant according to the election of grace who shall escape the sword, because that sword ha…
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16th Century
Protestant
It was pleasant and delightful to hear what the Prophet said at the beginning of the chapter, for he promised that a fountain would be opened, by w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd Not Judas Maccabeus, slain in battle by Bacchis F23, as Grotius fanci…
Here is a prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. God the Father commanded the sword of His justice to awaken against His Son, when He freely made Hi…
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