Men, i.e. many for number, or eminent for worth, shall dwell in it: as it was type, this was verified, say some, when in league with Bacchides and succeeding kings. But in the antitype, to which Zechariah looks, it is now, as it hath been, fulfilled, and more fully shall be, when the fulness of the Gentiles cometh in. There shall be no more utter destruction; there may be afflictions and troubles, but no utter wasting of Jerusalem; the gates of hell shall not prevail. But Jerusalem, the antitype, the gospel church, shall be safely inhabited; not secure from troubles, but secure enough from total destruction.

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