Jerome: “from ‘I will make Jerusalem’ to ‘Awake, O sword,’
there is a threefold exposition. For some of the Jews say that these
things have already been fulfilled in part from Zerobabel to Pompey
who,...
The occurrence of a new heading, The burden of the word of the Lord,
which occurs again in Zechariah 12:1, and elsewhere only in Malachi
1:1, warns us that a new section begins here. We are no longer...
_JERUSALEM A CUP OF TREMBLING TO HERSELF, AND A BURDENSOME STONE TO
HER ADVERSARIES. THE VICTORIOUS RESTORING OF JUDAH. THE REPENTANCE OF
JERUSALEM._
_Before Christ 517._
IT is not difficult to perc...
CHAPTER XLI
IN THE FIRST DAY
The future glory of the restored nation of the Jews, predicted in
chapter ten (see comments), was to be delayed in its accomplishment by
their rejection of the Good Sheph...
"ZECHARIAH" (9-14)
"Lo, thy King cometh to thee, vindicated and victorious, meek and
riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass."
"Up, Sword, against My Shepherd! Smite the Shepherd, that t...
INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 12
This chapter contains a prophecy of the defence, protection, and
salvation of the church of God; and of the effusion of the Spirit; and
of the conversion of the Jews in t...
The Eschatological Vision -YHWH Will Establish and Defend Jerusalem
and Judah, and It Will Produce a Fountain For Sin and Uncleanness -
And Then Will Come The End When God Will Triumph (12-14)
ANALYS...