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Zacharias 11:8

And I cut off three shepherds in one month, and my soul was straitened in their regard: for their soul also varied in my regard.

Challoner: Three shepherds in one monthThat is, in a very short time. By these three shepherds probably are meant the latter princes and high priests of the Jews, whose reign was short.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Et succidi tres pastores in mense uno, et contracta est anima mea in eis, siquidem et anima eorum variavit in me.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ ἐξαρῶ τοὺς τρεῖς ποιμένας ἐν μηνὶ ἑνί, καὶ βαρυνθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, καὶ γὰρ αἱ ψυχαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπωρύοντο ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ.
Hebrew (WLC): וָאַכְחִ֛ד אֶת שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָרֹעִ֖ים בְּיֶ֣רַח אֶחָ֑ד וַתִּקְצַ֤ר נַפְשִׁי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם וְגַם נַפְשָׁ֖ם בָּחֲלָ֥ה בִֽי

Haydock's commentary

Month. That is, in a very short time. By these three shepherds probably are meant the latter princes and high priests of the Jews, whose reign was short. (Challoner)

Ismael, Joseph, and Ananus, all obtained the dignity in one year; and as they and their predecessors were actuated by avarice, they could not fail being displeasing to God. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius were likewise cut off in little more than a year, when Vespasian succeeded, and his son took Jerusalem. (Calmet)

The Jews pretend that Moses, Aaron, and Mary[Miriam] are here meant. (St. Jerome)

But what reference can the prophet have to them?

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.