Zechariah 11:11

the poor of the flock. the sheep-traflickers; as Zechariah 11:7.

waited upon. were watching me (1Sa 1:12. 1 Samuel 19:11.Psalms 59, title).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And so the poor of the flock that waited upon Me knew - The rest were blinded; those who listened to God’s word, observed His prophet, waited on...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it was broken in that day: and so the (o) poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD. (o) He shows that the l...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

An Historical Sketch in Figurative Language. The author here assumes the rô le of the chief actor in the events he is describing, and speaks in the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He concludes by saying, that in that day the covenant was broken. By which words he intimates that it was not by chance that the law was dest...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And it was broken, &c.— But when this was broken in that day, the poor or meek of the flock, as also those who watched with me, knew that th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-17) The great difficulty of this passage, which is metaphorical and symbolical throughout, consists in the fact that hardly any clue to the interp...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Thus saith the Lord my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them sa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was broken in that day ,.... In right, the day Christ died; apparently, when the Gospel, the substance of it, was removed; and, in fact, at t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD. Ver. 11. And it was broke...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Good Shepherds
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it was broken in that day, the covenant being annulled by Israel's disobedience; and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me, the lowly am...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 1:21 ; Acts 1:22 ; Deuteronomy 28:49-68 ; Deuteronomy 31:21 ; Deuteronomy 31:29 ; Deuteronomy 32:21-42 ; Isaiah 14:32 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; I...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Broken — The covenant was disannulled. That waited — Believed in him, and obeyed him. Knew — Saw, and owned God in all this.

¹¹ And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 11:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 11:11