Zechariah 11:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the pride of Jordan is spoiled— Because the waters of Jordan have overflowed, so that the lions can no more rest among its reeds, and on its banks; that is, no place in Judaea is safe whither the warriors and great men may betake themselves. Houbigant. Dr. Blayney observes, that by "the pride of Jordan," those woods and thickets are primarily intended, which rise proudly above the banks of that river, and greatly decorate the scene. But here, in a secondary and metaphorical sense, they are put for the residences of those princes and grandees, who too often like lions devour and oppress the people under them. In Jeremiah 12:5 those thickets, the haunt of lions and wild beasts, consequently places of great alarm and danger, are aptly opposed to a land of peace and security.