The house of Levi — The sacerdotal tribe were the most bitter persecutors of Christ, they hired the traitor, they sought witness; the high priest, (head of that family) condemned him to die, for all which they shall one day reckon with God, and therefore above other tribes they are particularly named as chief mourners for their cruelty to Christ.
This sorrow should be universal but also individual, the whole land, and that, family by family; the royal family in the direct line of its kings, and in a branch from Nathan, a son of David and whole...
II. THE SECOND BURDEN OF ZECHARIAH (12-14) CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jerusalem's conflict and victory (Zechariah 12:1) _ 2. The vision of the pierced One and its results (Zechariah 12:10) Zecharia
SHIMEI. See Numbers 3:18....
The penitent Sorrow of the People for Sin The conversion (Zechariah 12:10-14) and moral reformation (Zechariah 13:1-6) of the people shall accompany their deliverance from their enemies (Zechariah 12...
_David … Nathan … Levi … Shimei_ Two families are singled out, the kingly and the priestly, as examples of the rest. And in each case, to shew the pervading character of the grief, the family or tribe...
AND I WILL POUR, &C.— The Jews had stumbled, and fell at the _stone of stumbling and rock of offence,_ the Messiah in his humble appearance, as Isaiah foretold. But that no one might be surprised at t...
IN THAT DAY (5) (6). Zechariah 12:9-14 RV. And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and...
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; AND THE LAND SHALL MOUR...
12:13 Shimei (b-16) Or 'of the Shimites.' see Numbers 3:18 ,Numbers 3:21 ....
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM Many scholars believe that in Zechariah 12-14 (omitting Zechariah 13:7) we have a third separate prophecy, the oldest in the book of Zechariah, written subsequent to the d...
EVERY FAMILY APART] indicating the deep personal significance of the mourning. Such had doubtless been the mourning for Josiah, whose death was one of the greatest calamities that could have befallen...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 12 V1 The *LORD’s message warns (about danger) to Israel. The *LORD spreads out the skies. He lays a strong base for the earth. An...
(10-14) These are verses of almost unprecedented difficulty. If the words “and they shall look on me whom they pierced” stood alone, they might possibly be taken in a figurative sense, as denoting tha...
SHIMEI. — Not the Benjamite tribe (2 Samuel 16:5), but of the family of Gershon, son of Levi (Numbers 3:17). Thus, of the two tribes, he mentions one leading family and one subordinate branch, and the...
מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת בֵּית ־לֵוִי֙ לְ בָ֔ד וּ נְשֵׁיה
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
9. FOUR RESULTS OF JERUSALEM'S DELIVERANCE Zechariah 12:8; Zechariah 13:1 Upon the deliverance of Jerusalem, by the help of the converted Judah, there follow four results, each introduced by the word...
JERUSALEM'S DAY OF MOURNING Zechariah 12:1-14 This vision refers to a time yet future, when the Jews shall have returned to their own land, but still in unbelief; and will be assailed by their foes,...
The second message has to do with things wholly future. The King spoke of in the previous message, whose rejection was there foretold, is now seen coming into His kingdom. This the prophet described i...
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of (n) Shimei apart, and their wives apart; (n) Also called Simeon....
_Nathan. Zorobabel was his descendant. --- Semei, the son of Gershom, 1 Paralipomenon vi. 16. (Calmet) --- "From this tribe the doctors are chosen." (St. Jerome) --- The pious of all ranks bewail the...
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for h...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
Now, why he names the _house of Levi_, and the _house of Shimei_, or _of Simeon_, and the _house of David_, and _the house of Nathan_, rather than the other tribes, is uncertain: yet it seems to me pr...
The introduction of Antichrist, a shepherd [1] in Israel, brings in also the events that crowd around Jerusalem in the last days. All the nations should be gathered round Jerusalem, but only to find i...
THE FAMILY OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI APART, AND THEIR WIVES APART,.... Because of the contempt of the priestly office of Christ, which theirs prefigured, and was abolished by him; because of their tramplin...
_In that day_ When the Jews shall mourn for their sins, and for that great sin, the crucifying the Lord of glory; _there shall be a great mourning in Jerusalem_ A mourning expressed by the greatest th...
the family of the house of Levi, those belonging to the priestly family, APART AND THEIR WIVES APART; THE FAMILY OF SHIMEI, the teachers of the people, APART AND THEIR WIVES APART, so that two were of...
REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (vv. 1-9) In this chapter Judah is mentioned five times, Jerusalem ten times. All in this chapter (as well as Chapter s 13 and 14) is prophetic of the future...
9-14 The day here spoken of, is the day of Jerusalem's defence and deliverance, that glorious day when God will appear for the salvation of his people. In Christ's first coming he bruised the serpent...
The sacerdotal tribe were the most bitter and fierce persecutors of Christ, they hired the traitor, they sought witness; the high priest (head of that family) condemned him to die; for all which they...
Zechariah 12:13 family H4940 house H1004 Levi H3878 wives H802 family H4940 Shimei H8097 wives H802 Levi -...
Zechariah 12:9 _(Zechariah 13:1)_ I. Here is, first, a remarkable national repentance remarkable on account of its supposed exciting cause. It presents, indeed, a direct inversion of the state of thi...
Zechariah 12:10. _And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications:_ This is a promise concerning Israel. Long have the Jews re...
12:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heaven, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him._ Note how th...
CONTENTS: Jerusalem's coming siege by the Beast and his armies. Deliverance of Judah by the Lord Himself. The Spirit poured out and the pierced one recognized. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Z...
Zechariah 12:1. _The burden of the word of the Lord._ It was indeed a burden to pass the sentence of heaven against the infidels of Asia, under the names of Gog, Magog, and Meshech; the infidels of Af...
ZECHARIAH 12:1 The Second Oracle: The People and Their Leaders. In this last section of the book, hope for Judah is tied to the “house of David.” The future of Jerusalem is described in various ways,...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 12:10 These verses focus primarily on the HOUSE OF DAVID and JERUSALEM. The “pouring out” of the SPIRIT (that is, God’s Spirit; v....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 12:10.] This a complete contrast to preceding; nothing warlike, but all subdued and spiritual, “a clear and definite prophecy of the future conversion of the Jews, in conseq...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-14:21 B. THE SECOND BURDEN. ZECHARIAH 12:1 § 1. The prophet proceeds to announce Israel's conflict with heathen powers. Hostile nations gather together against Jerusalem, but sha...
Now, we're out of the fog and into the clear day. Out of the haze and smog. Into the glorious pure age, as this final vision of Zechariah tells us about the glorious new age that God is going to estab...
1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 3:19; 1 Chronicles 4:27;...