Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 has G-d stating that He will temporarily reject the Jewish people -- temporarily. As always G-d is kind and forgiving -- He did NOT reject the people forever or without a way to return to Him. G-d gave the last kings of Judah a way to return to Him. G-d said that there were thirty righteous people. He compared the thirty righteous men to pieces of silver. G-d said He would put these thirty righteous men “in the treasury" -- meaning they would be the ones to allow the entire people to return from Babylonian Exile after a period of punishment. So, while this claim is misleading (in that G-d did not permanently reject the Jews, and this passage has nothing to do with the messiah), it is somewhat true. G-d temporarily rejected the people, sending them into exile. G-d told Zechariah to tend to this flock, which would ultimately fall into the hands of Edom (Rome, later Christianity). Z'charyah / Zechariah 11:15 - 16 are a reference to Rome. The Romans didn't pay attention to the decimated ones (the Judeans). He will not heal the broken one, he will not nurture the weak ones -- and this continues to this very day. So how can we know with a certainty that G-d did not permanently reject the Jewish people? He says so! Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 46:27. "You fear not, O Jacob My servant, and be not dismayed, O Israel! for behold, I will redeem you from afar and your children from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return and be quiet and at ease, and there shall be none who disturb his rest. 28. You fear not, My servant Jacob, says the L-rd, for I am with you, for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end, but I will chastise you justly, and I will not completely destroy you." G-d repeatedly tells us that He will not break His covenant with Israel EVER. Here are just a few: Vayikra / Leviticus 26:44-45: "But despite all this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them nor will I reject them to annihilate them, thereby breaking My covenant that is with them, for I am the L-rd their G-d. 45. I will remember for them the covenant [made with] the ancestors, whom I took out from the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be a G-d to them. I am the L-rd." Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 is not a messianic prophecy.
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