Zechariah 10:3

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“My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For Yahweh of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.”

— WEB

“Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.”

— KJV

“Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.”

— ASV

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Ezekiel 34:7-10 "“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear Yahweh’s word:"
Ezekiel 34:2 "“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to t…"
Ezekiel 34:16-17 "“I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will streng…"
Ezekiel 34:20-21 "“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: ‘Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep."
Jeremiah 25:34 "Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully …"
Jeremiah 23:1-2 "“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh."
Zechariah 11:17 "Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely wither…"
Zephaniah 2:7 "The coast will be for the remnant of the house of Judah. They will find pasture. In the houses of Ashkelon, they will lie down in the eve…"

Commentary

against the shepherds--the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry. punished--literally, "visited upon." The same word "visited," without the upon, is presently after used in a good sense to heighten the contrast. goats--he-goats. As "shepherds" described what they ought to have been, so "he-goats" describes what they were, the emblem of headstrong wantonness and offensive lust (Isa 14:9, Margin; Eze 34:17; Dan 8:5; Mat 25:33). The he-goats head the flock. They who are first in crime will be first in punishment. visited--in mercy (Luk 1:68). as his goodly horse--In Zac 9:13 they were represented under the image of bows and arrows, here under that of their commander-in-chief, Jehovah's battle horse (Sol 1:9). God can make His people, timid though they be as sheep, courageous as the charger. The general rode on the most beautiful and richly caparisoned, and had his horse tended with the greatest care. Jehovah might cast off the Jews for their vileness, but He regards His election or adoption of them: whence He calls them here "His flock," and therefore saves them.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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