Zec 11:5 | TNotes | STEP | 11:5 The sheep (the Hebrew people) were being sold as slaves to buyers —occupying foreign powers, foreign allies, or domestic slave-traders (see Amos 2:6 ). • The sellers were the shepherds, leaders of the people who were more concerned with getting rich than with the well-being of the sheep.

bAmos 2:6►

‏ Zechariah 11:5

11:5 ^a The sheep (the Hebrew people) were being sold as slaves to buyers—occupying foreign powers, foreign allies, or domestic slave-traders (see Amos 2:6 ^b).

• The sellers were the shepherds, leaders of the people who were more concerned with getting rich than with the well-being of the sheep.