Zechariah 13:1
The meaning of this verse seems to be that the people would keep the law with more heartfelt earnestness, and consequently acceptably. There seems to be a reference to Numbers 8:7; Numbers 19:9, _et seq. _... [ Continue Reading ]
The meaning of this verse seems to be that the people would keep the law with more heartfelt earnestness, and consequently acceptably. There seems to be a reference to Numbers 8:7; Numbers 19:9, _et seq. _... [ Continue Reading ]
XIII. (1-3) Some critics consider that Zechariah 12; Zechariah 13:1, _and_ Zechariah 14 _were composed in the time of Jehoiakim_ (_cir._ 600), _or that_ Zechariah 14 _was written a little later, when the confidence of victory expressed in the earlier Chapter s was considerably lessened on account of... [ Continue Reading ]
UNCLEAN SPIRIT. — This is the only passage in the Old Testament in which we find the expression “unclean spirit,” which is of such frequent occurrence in the New. (See on Zechariah 10:2.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The reaction from superstition would be scepticism. The people would no longer believe in prophecy at all, and the very parents of a prophet would slay him as an impostor, even though not legally convicted of falsehood (Deuteronomy 18:19). But God would have pity of their “zeal not according to know... [ Continue Reading ]
Now he reverts to those who are _really_ false prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAUGHT... CATTLE. — Better, _acquired,_ or _bought me._ He pretends to be a purchased slave, kept hard at work, and therefore as having no time for professing inspiration. His meaning is very different from that of Amos 7:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. — Better, _between_ — _i.e.,_ on the hands and up the arms. His interrogator accuses him of having cut himself in idolatrous worship (1 Kings 18:28). The meaning of the latter part of the verse depends on the interpretation put on “my friends,” or “my lovers.” Some suppose these to be his false... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SHEPHERD. — Unless we are to consider that these verses ought to be transferred to the end of Zechariah 11 (see Notes there), we must take this expression as a title of honour. FELLOW. — This word, except here, occurs only in Leviticus. It means either neighbour, fellow, or, according to others,... [ Continue Reading ]
(7-9) It has been objected that “_The mention of the_ ‘_house of David_’ (Zechariah 12:7; Zechariah 13:1) is _inconsistent with the supposition of the authorship of Zechariah._” The answer is obvious, viz., that the _house_ of David had not ceased with the captivity; on the contrary, Zerubbabel was... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND. — viz., of Israel. (Comp. Zechariah 14:9.)... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THIRD PART. — Amidst all the calamities which should overtake the land, a remnant should be saved and purified. In the light of the Gospel we may (if we retain them in their present context) understand these words as fulfilled in those who embraced Christianity; but the prophet, from the Old Tes... [ Continue Reading ]