Zechariah 10:4

out of him came forth Rather, from him (Judah) shall come forth. Comp. Jeremiah 30:21. Some, however, take it to mean "from Him, Jehovah, shall proceed," &c. Comp. Ephesians 4:11.

the corner i.e. the corner-stone, which was the stay and ornament of the whole building. Isaiah 28:16; Ephesians 2:20.

the nail or peg, from which, firmly fixed and stable, the furniture of the house could be suspended. Isaiah 22:23-24.

oppressor or, ruler, as in R. V. margin, a sense which the word will bear in Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 60:17. Every ruler, civil and military, "the corner-stone," "the nail," "the battle-bow," shall proceed from Judah, blessed by God, or from God, as His gift to Judah, as the need of the state requires. Calvin, however, and others would give the word its more common sense, and understand, civil rulers for the well-being of the state, "the corner," "the nail;" military leaders, for its defence and extension, "the battle-bow;" governors to keep in subjection provinces annexed and conquered by the battle-bow, "the oppressor."