§ 4. For the smiting of the good Shepherd Israel is punished, passes through much tribulation, by which it is refined, and in the end (though reduced to a mere remnant) is saved.
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Zechariah 13:7-9
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:1-9EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Zechariah 13:7-9Here is a prophecy of the sufferings of Christ. God the Father gave order to the sword of his justice to awake against his Son, when he freely made his soul an offering for sin. As God, he is called “my Fellow.” Christ…Matthew HenrycommentarySufferings of Christ Predicted. (b. c. 500.)SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST PREDICTED. (B. C. 500.) Here is a prophecy, I. Of the sufferings of Christ, of him who was to be pierced, and was to be the fountain opened. Awake, O sword! against my Shepherd, Zechariah 13:7. Thes…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:7-9God's government of the world. "Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts' smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword. Zechariah proceeds to show the course of the purification of the people. The mention of the false prophet and the shameful wounds in his flesh leads him to the contrast of the true Prophet and the effect…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:7-9A wonderful sentence. "Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow," etc. The prophet here seems again to "hark back," as at the openings of Zechariah 9:1-17. and 11. (where see remarks an…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:7The sword. There is here something of heaven and earth. Jehovah speaks. He lays his command on the sword of justice, to awake and "smite." This implies death, and death not of a common sort, but as a judicial act, under…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 13:8In all the land; i.e. Palestine, the country in which the good Shepherd tended his flock (Zechariah 11:1-17.), and which is a figure of the kingdom of God (comp. Zechariah 12:12; Zechariah 14:9, Zechariah 14:10). Two pa…Joseph S. Exell and contributors