Zechariah 11:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Cast it. As in Genesis 21:15; 2 Chronicles 24:10. unto the potter. The Syriac reads "into the treasury".

potter. fashioner. The material cast to, so as to be used by, the fashioner determines the meaning of the word (Hebrew. yazar). If clay, then. potter (Jeremiah 18:4; Jeremiah 19:1). If stone, then. jeweller, or mason (Ex. Zec 28:11, 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 22:15). If wood, then. carpenter (1 Samuel 5:11. 2Ki 12:11. 1 Chronicles 14:1.Isaiah 44:13; Isaiah 44:13). If iron, then. smith (2 Chronicles 24:12.Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 44:12). If gold, then. goldsmith (Hosea 8:6). If silver, then. silversmith (Hosea 13:2). The casting of silver to. potter was as incongruous as casting clay to. silversmith. See App-161.

goodly. ample. Used of. wide garment. There is no evidence of irony here or elsewhere in Zechariah. The Hebrew 'eder denotes size and amplitude, as in Jonah 3:6 and Micah 2:8.

prised. priced.

of them: i.e. by them. But some codices read "by you

Zechariah 11:13

13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.