Zechariah 2:1
BEHOLD Figure of speech _Asterismos_ App-6. MAN Hebrew. _'ish_ App-14. Either the same or another angel. A MEASURING LINE. See note on Zechariah 1:16 and Compare Zechariah 2:2... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD Figure of speech _Asterismos_ App-6. MAN Hebrew. _'ish_ App-14. Either the same or another angel. A MEASURING LINE. See note on Zechariah 1:16 and Compare Zechariah 2:2... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM. With _'eth_. See note on Zechariah 1:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGEL. See note on Zechariah 1:9. WENT FORTH: or, came forward.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS YOUNG MAN: i.e. the man of Zechariah 2:1. SAYING. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-8), "saying [Stop!]", for the reason given implies that measuring will be useless, owing to the overflow of inhabitants. WITHOUT WALLS. Compare Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2.Ezekiel 38:11. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam_. Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. App-4. WALL OF FIRE. Like the watch-fires seen round Bedaween camps, which have no walls. Compare Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 33:21; Isaiah 60:18. IN THE MIDST. Compare verses: Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 2:11 ("J")... [ Continue Reading ]
HO, HO. Figure of speech _Epixeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. come forth: or, supply the Ellipsis "[escape]". I HAVE SPREAD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64 SPREAD. scattered. AS. Some codices, with five early printed editions, and Syriac, read "by", or "throughout". Vu... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Hebrew Ho! RESCUE, &c., as in Zechariah 2:6... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. AFTER THE GLORY. For His own glory. HE THAT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:10). App-92. HIS EYE. The primitive text read "Mine eye"; but the _Sopherim_ say (App-33) that they altered this to "His", regarding it as derogatory to Jehovah t... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR SERVANTS. their own slaves.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I WILL DWELL, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Zec 29:45, Zec 29:46. Leviticus 26:11; Leviticus 26:12). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY NATIONS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:49; Numbers 9:14). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL INHERIT... HIS PORTION. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:9). App-92. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. AGAIN. yet; as in Zechariah 1:17. Not make. new choice, but demonstrate again His old choice in actual experience.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE SILENT, &c. Compare Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7. IS RAISED UP. hath roused Himself up. Compare Psalms 78:65. HIS HOLY HABITATION. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:15)... [ Continue Reading ]