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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Zechariah 2:11

Nations. We know of none who embrace the Jewish law. But both the old and the new world submits to Christ. --- Dwell. St. Michael represents the Messias. The latter preached and wrought miracles among the Jews, which rendered them inexcusable, John xv. 24. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 2:11. _MANY NATIONS SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD_] This most certainly belongs to the _Christian church_. No _nation_ or _people_ ever became converts to the Jewish religion, but _whole...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND MANY NATIONS SHALL JOIN THEMSELVES - cleaving to Him by a close union. Isaiah had so spoken of single proselytes Isaiah 56:3; Jeremiah had used the word of Israel’s self-exhortation after the retu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The man with the measuring line (Zechariah 2:1) _ 2. The message of the third night vision (Zechariah 2:3) 3. The glorious kingdom (Zechariah 2:10)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTS. Zechariah 2:6 f. bids the Jews scattered through the Persian empire escape to Jerusalem, where they will be safe when the judgment comes upon Persia. The north in Jeremiah's...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MANY NATIONS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:49; Numbers 9:14). App-92....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    That they may share in the promised favour to Zion, but also (and this is put first and urgently, because the judgment was imminent) that they may escape the coming punishment of Babylon, the Jews sti...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _be joined join themselves_. R. V....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ZECHARIAH 2:10_.— Hitherto nothing has appeared to indicate the angel to be more than what the name usually imports, an ordinary messenger of God's will, and the agent of his providence. Nor will it,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND MANY NATIONS, &C.— We do not know of any cities, provinces, or nations, which have forsaken their own religion to embrace that of the Jews; but we see a great part of the world joining themselves...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXIX A VISION OF A MEASURING LINE ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 2:1-13 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said, I, Whither goes...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. AND MANY...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    2:11 many (b-2) Or 'great,' as Ezekiel 17:8 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THIRD VISION 1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to ex...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MANY NATIONS SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD] better, 'shall join themselves.' This was fulfilled after the coming of Jesus Christ, who also fulfilled the words, 'I will dwell in the midst of thee.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MANY NATIONS. — Comp. Zechariah 8:20. This prophecy, which is clothed in Old Testament imagery, was spiritually fulfilled by the gathering-in of the Gentiles to the Church of Christ. AND.... SHALL BE...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (10-13) The prophecy contained in these verses is admitted by most Jewish as well as Christian commentators to be of a Messianic character; but opinion is not so unanimous with regard to the nature of...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (6-13) This address to Zion may be taken as the words of the prophet himself, or of the angel who had been speaking before. In any case, it was intended to be communicated to the people by the prophet...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Zechariah 2:15]_ וְ נִלְווּ֩ גֹויִ֨ם רַבִּ֤ים אֶל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE REDEMPTION OF JERUSALEM Zechariah 1:18-21; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate. But the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The vision of the measuring line reveals the condition of Jerusalem which will result from the overthrow of her enemies. The young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure the restored city, an...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. (11) And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: an...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The Prophet describes here the voluntary surrender of the nations, who would so join themselves to the Church of God, as to disown their own name and to count themselves Jews: and this is what the Pro...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    From chapter 2 to the end of chapter 6, the Spirit presents the circumstances, the principles, and the result of the re-establishment of Jerusalem and of the house; and also the judgment of that which...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND MANY NATIONS SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD IN THAT DAY,.... The Gospel will be preached in all nations, and multitudes will be converted, and embrace and profess the Christian religion, and join the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. Ver. 11. _A...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Sing and rejoice_, &c. Here the prophet calls the daughter of Zion, or the whole Jewish nation, being redeemed and restored, to rejoice in the goodness showed them, and to proclaim the praises of Him...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And many nations, representatives of the various races and countries of the world, SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD IN THAT DAY, to be added to His people, AND SHALL BE MY PEOPLE, Ephesians 2:19; AND I WIL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    VISION OF THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING-LINE. The second vision had pictured the overthrow of the enemies of the people of the Lord. But this defeat being administered, the growth of the Lord's Church w...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THIRD VISION - A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE (vv. 1-5) Another vision draws the eyes of Zechariah-a man with a measuring line. Zechariah 1:16 told of a line being stretched upon Jerusalem. Now, in...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-13 Here is a prediction of the coming of Christ in human nature. Many nations in that day would renounce idolatry, and God will own those for his people who join him with purpose of heart. Gloriou...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    MANY NATIONS, and _great_, Heb; it implieth both multitudes and greatness of nations; or, heathen and Gentiles, as the word beareth. SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD; become proselytes, inquire for, adhere...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 2:11 Many H7227 nations H1471 joined H3867 (H8738) LORD H3068 day H3117 people H5971 dwell H7931 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE THIRD VISION. THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE (ZECHARIAH 2:1). Having learned that nothing has been happening among the nations which will aid in the recovery of YHWH's people (Zechariah 1:7), and...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 2:1 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of the Je...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Jerusalem in the kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem is the apple of Jehovah's eye, jealously guarded by His angels and marked out for a gl...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 2:1. _Behold, a man with a measuring line._ A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architects do...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee _ THE RESTORER OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH Note that the name of “the Lord,” or “Jehovah,” is applied to two distinct persons; to Him who sends, and to Him who...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:1 In his third vision Zechariah anticipates a renewed Jerusalem, so full of people that it spreads beyond its walls. It will attract those Jews who remain in exile, as we...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:11 The NATIONS too will JOIN THEMSELVES TO (enter into covenant with) THE LORD IN THAT DAY (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 2:10.] Summons to rejoice over God’s indwelling, and its happy results. COME] at Messiah’s first advent, and more especially in his return in glory (Jeremiah 1:14, and Revel...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 2:1 § 5. _The third vision: the man with the measuring line._ ZECHARIAH 2:1 (Hebrews 2:5.) I LIFTED UP MINE EYES AGAIN ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 2, the next vision, the fourth in the series of ten. I lifted up my eyes again, and I looked, and behold there was a man with a measuring line in his hand [He had a ruler]. I said, Where are y...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:9; Acts 28:28; Exodus 12:49; Ezekiel 33:33;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE MAN AND THE MEASURING LINE Zechariah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 40, we have Ezekiel's vision which in some respects parallels the one in Zechariah. Ezekiel in the vis...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall be joined — Shall worship the God of Israel. In that day — When Christ shall come in the flesh, and take down the partition wall. Sent me — The Messiah....

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