Zechariah 4:1
AND WAKED ME] The visions evidently occurred in the night, but so vivid were they that Zechariah seemed to awake.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WAKED ME] The visions evidently occurred in the night, but so vivid were they that Zechariah seemed to awake.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIFTH VISION The prophet's thoughts now turn to the civil ruler Zerubbabel. The purpose of the fifth vision is to encourage him in the difficult task of rebuilding the Temple, 1-5, 11-14. The golden candlestick (i.e. the returned exiles) receives its supply of oil (i.e. the divine grace) throu... [ Continue Reading ]
A CANDLESTICK ALL _of_ GOLD] In the first Temple ten candles gave light (1 Kings 7:49, but see Exodus 25:31). BOWL] holding the main supply of oil. From it a pipe flowed to each lamp. RV reads, 'seven pipes to each of the lamps,' but LXX and Vulgate reading, followed in AV, is probably correct. 3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZERUBBABEL] son of Shealtiel, but called in 1 Chronicles 3:19 son of Pedaiah, was governor ('pehah,' as Haggai calls him) _of_ Judah in the time of Haggai and Zechariah. Shealtiel was a son of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, so that Zerubbabel was of royal blood. He returned from exile, probably in 538 b... [ Continue Reading ]
GRACE UNTO IT] i.e. May God bless it. 10. Scornful doubters shall, by this success, be put to shame. They shall see Zerubbabel moving the plumb-line to test the completed walls.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWO ANOINTED ONES] lit. 'two sons of oil.' These are Joshua and Zerubbabel, priest and king, both anointed, both receiving all their grace and power from God. 6B-10A. These vv. come naturally at the end of the completed vision: so scholars place the section after Zechariah 4:14, and read: 'This... [ Continue Reading ]