Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is close to me,
says the LORD of hosts:
strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
All Commentaries on Zechariah 13:7 Go To Zechariah 13
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sword. This address rouses attention. (Calmet)
The sword implies all the torments which Christ endured. (Worthington)
He explains this of himself; only instead of strike, he says I will strike, (Matthew xxvi. 31.) as the sword was directed by God. (Haydock)
Patris voluntate percussus est. (St. Jerome)
Cleaveth. Hebrew hamithi, "my amiable one "(Haydock) "of the same tribe with me "(Aquila) "of my people. "(Symmachus) St. Jerome observes, that Septuagint and Theodotion have read v for the last i, and render "his neighbour "or citizen. Yet some editions of the Septuagint retain "my fellow-citizen. "(Haydock)
Little ones. Septuagint, Arabic, "shepherds "(Calmet) which "many ill apply to the Jewish princes. "(St. Jerome)
Tsoharim means also "the little "Micheas v. 2. Christ takes care of his little flock, (Luke xii. 32.; Haydock) and is always one with the Father, John viii. 29., and x. 30. (Calmet)
He recalled the flying apostles, and gave them courage. (Worthington)
