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.
And so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord. The humble godly remnant knew by the event the truth of the prediction, and of Messiah's mission. He had, 37 years before the fall of Jerusalem, forewarned His disciples, when they should see the city compassed with armies, to "flee unto the mountains." Accordingly, Cestus Gallus, when advancing on Jerusalem, unaccountably withdrew for a brief space, giving Christians the opportunity of obeying Christ's words by fleeing to Pella.
That waited upon me - looked to the hand of God in all these calamities, not blindly shutting their eyes to the true cause of the visitation, as most of the nation still do, instead of referring it to their own rejection of Messiah. Isaiah 30:18-21 refers similarly to the Lord's "waiting that He may be gracious," and returning in mercy to the remnant that "wait for Him," and "cry" to Him (Zephaniah 3:12-13).