Zechariah 11:1-17

This chapter lays the foundation for much of what Jesus says about Himself as the Good Shepherd in John 10. It also explains the ultimate judgment revealed in Daniel 9:24-27 which ended with the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. The prophet assumes the roles of two shepherds. The first is the Shepherd-King, a good shepherd who comes to reprove and remove the evil shepherds over the flock. However, the flock rejects the Good Shepherd. Therefore, God delivers them over to a foolish, an  impious unbeliever, the Idol Shepherd, for destruction.