Zec 11:12-13 | MHM | STEP | v. 12 : And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zechariah asks the people to pay him if they value his work as shepherd. They pay him thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave—showing they think very little of God’s care. This is a prophecy that points ahead to the betrayal of Jesus for thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:15 ).

‏ Zechariah 11:12-13

v. 12: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zechariah asks the people to pay him if they value his work as shepherd. They pay him thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave—showing they think very little of God’s care. This is a prophecy that points ahead to the betrayal of Jesus for thirty pieces of silver (Zechariah 11:12; Matthew 26:15 ^a).

v. 13: And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. God tells Zechariah to throw the money to the potter in God’s house. This act shows how little the people value God’s shepherd, and again foreshadows what would happen to Jesus and the money paid to betray Him (Zechariah 11:13; Matthew 27:9-10 ^b).