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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 11:12 - 11:12
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I said - The prophet here represents the person of Jehovah-Messiah.
If ye think good - literally, “If it be good in your eyes.” Glancing at their self-sufficient pride in not deigning to give Him that return which His great love in coming down to them from heaven merited, namely, their love and obedience. “My price”; my reward for pastoral care, both during the whole of Israel’s history from the Exodus, and especially the three and a half years of Messiah’s ministry. He speaks as their “servant,” which He was to them in order to fulfil the Father’s will (Phi 2:7).
if not, forbear - They withheld that which He sought as His only reward, their love; yet He will not force them, but leave His cause with God (Isa 49:4, Isa 49:5). Compare the type Jacob cheated of his wages by Laban, but leaving his cause in the hands of God (Gen 31:41, Gen 31:42).
So ... thirty pieces of silver - thirty shekels. They not only refused Him His due, but added insult to injury by giving for Him the price of a gored bond-servant (Exo 21:32; Mat 26:15). A freeman was rated at twice that sum.