Zechariah 11:11 - 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 this was the word of the Lord. The prophet calls those who followed the true Shepherd, the poor, or meek of the flock; but those who watched, priests and teachers of the law, whose business it was to watch over their religion: each of these, not long after the ascension of Christ, knew that this was the word of the Lord, that the staff was broken wherewith God had hitherto fed his people, and that the ruin both of the Jewish religion and polity was at hand. Houbigant.