Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. 11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. 12 Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. 13 Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them into the house of the Lord, to the potter.
The shepherds of the people - both the royal and religious leaders - had failed miserably. They had lived selfishly, not caring what happened to their people. The nation was going down the tube. God instructed Zechariah to take the place as shepherd to signify this. He was to violate his trust and then demand payment, just like the irresponsible leaders had done. The leaders got the message - they knew that it was the Word of the Lord. As payment, he received thirty pieces of silver, significant not only because it was the price of the slave, but it foreshadowed the price paid to Judas for his betrayal of Christ. When that happened, Judas also threw it into the house, and it was taken to buy the potters field to use as a cemetery. The rebellious leaders and their people were doomed to death.
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