Zechariah 2:8

after the glory rather, after glory. There is no article to shew that there is a reference, as has been supposed, to Zechariah 2:5, so that it would mean, "after the glory which I have promised has come upon Israel," &c. The more probable meaning therefore is, "after," i.e. in pursuit, or in prosecution of glory; to get the glory, to manifest My glory, in their punishment for having spoiled My people, and so touched Me in the apple of Mine eye.

hath he sent me "hath He (Jehovah, the speaker), sent me (the agent commissioned)." We should have expected, "have I sent thee," and, "of my eye," at the end of the verse, especially as the actual words of Jehovah follow in the next verse. But such changes of person are not uncommon in Hebrew.

the apple of his eye lit. "the cavity or gate of his eye." Comp. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8, where however the Heb. word is different.