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Thomas Constable · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Constable - Water is a rich symbol of salvation, especially to a people who lived in a land as dry as Palestine. God had provided salvation in the form of water for the Israelites during their wilderness march (Exod. 15:27; 17:1–7). Now the future Israelites anticipate securing His salvation and sharing it with others, specifically the Gentiles (cf. Ps. 116:13). This verse became a common saying among the Jews and led to a water-drawing ceremony (cf. John 4:15; 7:37–38). Water represents everything necessary for supporting life. (Expository Notes) ESV Study Bible - Endless supplies of salvation, richly enjoyed (cf. Ps 36:8; 63:1; 65:9; 107:35; 143:6; Isa. 8:6; 32:2; 35:6–7; 44:3; 55:1; Jer. 2:13; John 4:13–14; 7:37–39; Rev. 7:17; 21:6; 22:17)
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Constable - Almighty Yahweh personified a sword, the instrument of violent death, which he commanded to execute His Shepherd, the royal Good Shepherd of Zech 11:4–14. Yahweh further described this Shepherd as the man who was very close to Him, even His Associate. “The expression ‘who stands next to me’ is used elsewhere only in Leviticus (e.g. 6:2; 18:12) to mean ‘near neighbour’; similarly the shepherd is one who dwells side by side with the Lord, His equal.” In Zech 11:17 it was the worthless shepherd whom the Lord would strike, but here it is the Good Shepherd. The one doing the striking is evidently God Himself since “strike” is masculine in the Hebrew text and agrees with “the LORD of hosts.” If so, Zechariah presented Messiah’s death as God’s activity (cf. Isa. 53:10; Acts 2:23) as well as Israel’s (Zech 12:10–14). The striking (death) of the Shepherd would result in the scattering of the Shepherd’s sheep (i.e., Israel, Zech 11:4–14). The Lord Jesus quoted this part of the verse, claiming the role of the Shepherd, when he anticipated the scattering of His disciples following His death (cf. Matt. 26:31, 56; Mark 14:27, 50)....“The divine witness to the death and deity of the prophesied Messiah makes this verse one of the most significant in the entire Old Testament.” (Unger) (Expository Notes of Dr Thomas Constable) Will Pounds - The smiting of the Shepherd is according to the will of God. The smitten one is the Shepherd of Yahweh. (Pounds quotes an unknown source) "The shepherd of Jehovah, whom Jehovah describes as a man who is His next one (neighbor), cannot of course be a bad shepherd, who is displeasing to Jehovah, and destroys the flock, or the foolish shepherd. . . . The idea of nearest one (or fellow) involves not only similarity in vocation, but community of physical or spiritual descent, according to which He whom God calls His neighbor cannot be a mere man, but can only be one who participates in the divine nature, or is essentially divine. The shepherd of Jehovah, whom the sword is to smite, is therefore no other than the Messiah, Who is also identified with Jehovah in Zech 12:10; or the good shepherd, who says of Himself, 'I and My Father are one' (John 10:30)" Jesus Christ is the Shepherd of Israel, appointed by God Himself (John 10:11). He alone can be called "Yahweh"'s fellow" for he was God as well as man (Jn. 1:1), even the true God (Jn 5:20), although One with the Father Himself (Jn 5:30) He assumed our nature with the purpose that He might suffer for our sins. Yahweh calls His True Prophet as opposed to the false prophets (Zech 13:2-6), the Messiah, My Shepherd (Zech 13:7-9). Not only does the prophet give us a picture of the smitten Shepherd, but also the scattering of the sheep and the saved remnant. (Zechariah 13:1, 6-7 The Precious Fountain Opened) Bob
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Constable - Water and fire are traditional symbols for testing that suggest totality when used together (cf. Ps. 32:6; 42:7; 66:12; James 1:2). God promised to protect His people from total destruction when they underwent their various trials. He had done this in the past, and He would do it in the future because He would be with His special people Isaiah 6:13-note “Yet there will be a tenth portion in it, And it will again be subject to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak Whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is its stump.” Zechariah 3:2 The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?” Ps 66:10 For You have tried (bachan/bahan) us, O God; You have refined (tsaraph) us as silver is refined. Comment: The psalmist uses the same two Hebrew verbs used in Zechariah 13:8. Ps 66:12 You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. Isaiah 48:10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.