_GOD, IN THE CARE OF JERUSALEM, SENDETH TO MEASURE IT. THE REDEMPTION OF ZION. THE PROMISE OF GOD'S PRESENCE._ _Before Christ 519._ THIS chapter contains the substance of a third vision. In conformity to what was said, chap. Zechariah 1:16 _a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem;_ a man, o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME— Many interpreters have thought, that the angel who talked with Zechariah, and interpreted to him, was no other than Jehovah himself, the second person in the blessed Trinity. In examining some passages which follow, I think it will appear to be without sufficient found... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM SHALL BE INHABITED— Houbigant renders this, _Jerusalem, without a wall, shall be inhabited for the multitude,_ &c. And he supposes the prophesy to refer to the new Jerusalem spoken of Revelation 21:2 to which alone he thinks the following verse can be applied; rendering the latter part, _A... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH— That is to say, _From Babylon._ See Zechariah 2:7. Instead of, I _have spread,_ Houbigant reads, I _will spread,_ or _disseminate you,_ &c. foretelling the future freedom of the Jews, and the emancipation from captivity and all its evils.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THE GLORY HATH HE SENT ME— _He that dwelleth in the glory,_ or _the pillar of light, hath sent me._ The latter part of the verse is emphatically expressive of the tender care and paternal regard which God hath for those who love him. As the sight of the _eye_ is, by God's care and wise provide... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SHAKE MINE HAND UPON THEM— _I will extend mine hand against them._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, I think, appear otherwise from what follows in there two verses, if we attend to the proper distinc... [ Continue Reading ]
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 to, and adoring the Lord Jesus Christ. The Christian religion is extending itself universally, as we... [ Continue Reading ]