Zechariah 11:15 (WEB)
The LORD said to me, “Take for yourself yet again the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“And when our Lord in the gospel declares that in the end of the world—when the shepherd shall grow foolish, according to the prophecy of Zechariah—“the love of many shall wax cold,” He means that wisdom shall decay.” — editor's note: Zech. xi. 15.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…with glory, Who is a Shepherd to shepherds and a Guide to guides: that we may feed His flock with knowledge, not with the instruments of a foolish shepherd, according to the blessing, and not according to the curse pronounced against the men of former days: may He give strength and power unto his people, and…” — editor's note: Zech. xi. 15.
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