Zechariah 11
“Beauty” (lit. graciousness) sets forth the lowly way in which Christ presented Himself as the witness of God to the Jewish nation; “bands” (lit. union) Jehovah's desire to unite His people (Judah and Israel) in blessing under the reign of Christ.
But Israel rejected Christ, valuing Him at thirty pieces of silver. God's desire is frustrated for the moment. Meanwhile His government is over the nation because of its rejection of Christ; the staff — Beauty — is broken.
God's government leads to the raising up of the idol shepherd, who shall eat the flesh of the fat of the flock, and tear their claws in pieces, terrible picture of the Antichrist, of whom Christ prophesied, “I am come in My Father's name, and ye receive Me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive” (John 5:4343I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. (John 5:43)). His activity in “the great tribulation” and his final doom are foreshadowed in verse 17.