Zechariah 8:2

I was jealous for Zion, &c.— As a husband for his wife. See Ezekiel 16 and Hosea 2. "I have punished her infidelities with all the severity of despised and abused love; but, though sensible of her fault, my love is rekindled towards her, upon her change of conduct, and return in true repentance to me. I have received her, and will render to her my former kindnesses. I am returning unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem." This chapter is a continuation of the preceding discourse, occasioned by the deputation of Sherezer and Regem-melech.