Be silent — Reverence and adore God, and expect the accomplishment of his word. All flesh — Both Jew and Gentile. He is raised up — God is on this work already, and he will not sit down again, 'till he has accomplished his whole work.
Verse Zechariah 2:13. _BE SILENT, O ALL FLESH_] Let all the nations of the world be astonished at this. God will _arise_, and deliver this ancient people, and bring them into the glorious liberty of t...
BE SILENT - Literally, “hush all flesh, before the Lord” (see at Habakkuk 2:20, p. 207); man in his weakness Genesis 6:3; 2 Chronicles 32:8;...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The man with the measuring line (Zechariah 2:1) _ 2. The message of the third night vision (Zechariah 2:3) 3. The glorious kingdom (Zechariah 2:10)...
A COLLECTION OF FRAGMENTS. Zechariah 2:6 f. bids the Jews scattered through the Persian empire escape to Jerusalem, where they will be safe when the judgment comes upon Persia. The north in Jeremiah's...
BE SILENT, &c. Compare Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7. IS RAISED UP. hath roused Himself up. Compare Psalms 78:65. HIS HOLY HABITATION. Reference to Pentateuch ...
That they may share in the promised favour to Zion, but also (and this is put first and urgently, because the judgment was imminent) that they may escape the coming punishment of Babylon, the Jews sti...
_be silent_ Comp. Habakkuk 2:20; Zephaniah 1:7. _raised up waked up_. R. V. _his holy habitation_ From heaven, "the habitation of His holiness" (Deuteronomy 26:15;...
CHAPTER XXIX A VISION OF A MEASURING LINE ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 2:1-13 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said, I, Whither goes...
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. BE SILENT, O ALL FLESH, BEFORE THE LORD - before Yahweh (H3068). Language derived from Habakkuk 2:20. 'Let a...
2:13 up (c-12) Or 'is awaked,' as ch. 4.1; 13.7....
BE SILENT] lit. 'hush!' cp. Habakkuk 2:20. IS RAISED UP] better, 'hath roused himself'—said of God when He is about to execute some great purpose. HIS HOLY HABITATION] i.e. heaven....
THE THIRD VISION 1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to ex...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
(6-13) This address to Zion may be taken as the words of the prophet himself, or of the angel who had been speaking before. In any case, it was intended to be communicated to the people by the prophet...
(10-13) The prophecy contained in these verses is admitted by most Jewish as well as Christian commentators to be of a Messianic character; but opinion is not so unanimous with regard to the nature of...
BE SILENT. — Better, _Hush!_ (Comp. Habakkuk 2:20.) RAISED. — Better, _roused._ The figure is that of a lion roused up from its lair. (Comp. the still bolder metaphor of Psalms 78:65.) LXX. misread th...
_[Zechariah 2:17]_ הַ֥ס כָּל ־בָּשָׂ֖ר מִ פְּנֵ֣י...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE REDEMPTION OF JERUSALEM Zechariah 1:18-21; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate. But the...
The vision of the measuring line reveals the condition of Jerusalem which will result from the overthrow of her enemies. The young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure the restored city, an...
_Silent: obey with reverence. (Haydock) See Habacuc ii. 20., and 1 Machabees i. 3. (Calmet) --- Habitation, becoming man. (Menochius)_...
"And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (13) Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation." These b...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED Lord Jesus! do I not behold thee in many of the precious things spoken of in this Chapter? Truly, Lord, it was said by thee, that Jehovah thy Father possessed thee in the beginning...
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...
Here is a sealing of the whole prophecy. The Prophet highly extols the power of God, that the Jews might not still doubt or fear as with regard to things uncertain. He says that whatever he had hither...
From chapter 2 to the end of chapter 6, the Spirit presents the circumstances, the principles, and the result of the re-establishment of Jerusalem and of the house; and also the judgment of that which...
BE SILENT, O ALL FLESH, BEFORE THE LORD,.... Be filled with fear, awe, and astonishment, at the wonderful work of God; the destruction of antichrist; the conversion of the Jews, and the calling of the...
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. Ver. 13. _Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord_] Heb. הס Peace and be still, as our Saviour once said to th...
_Be silent_ Reverence and adore God, and expect the accomplishment of his word. _O all flesh_ Both Jews and Gentiles. _He is raised up out of his holy habitation_ God is engaged in this work already,...
Be silent, o all flesh, in a spirit of awe and reverence, BEFORE THE LORD; FOR HE IS RAISED UP OUT OF HIS HOLY HABITATION, He is preparing to rise from His throne in heaven to visit the enemies with H...
VISION OF THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING-LINE. The second vision had pictured the overthrow of the enemies of the people of the Lord. But this defeat being administered, the growth of the Lord's Church w...
THE THIRD VISION - A MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE (vv. 1-5) Another vision draws the eyes of Zechariah-a man with a measuring line. Zechariah 1:16 told of a line being stretched upon Jerusalem. Now, in...
HIS HOLY HABITATION: _ Heb._ the habitation of his holiness...
10-13 Here is a prediction of the coming of Christ in human nature. Many nations in that day would renounce idolatry, and God will own those for his people who join him with purpose of heart. Gloriou...
BE SILENT; murmur not, you that love not Zion; dispute not, you that, think these promises are too good, too great; but, in silence, reverence and adore God in all his excellences and ways; wait, and...
Zechariah 2:13 silent H2013 (H8761) flesh H1320 before H6440 LORD H3068 aroused H5782 (H8738) holy H6944 habitat
THE THIRD VISION. THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE (ZECHARIAH 2:1). Having learned that nothing has been happening among the nations which will aid in the recovery of YHWH's people (Zechariah 1:7), and...
Zechariah 2:1 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of the Je...
CONTENTS: Visions of Zechariah. Jerusalem in the kingdom age. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem is the apple of Jehovah's eye, jealously guarded by His angels and marked out for a gl...
Zechariah 2:1. _Behold, a man with a measuring line._ A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architects do...
_Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, for He is raised up out of His holy habitation _ FLESH SILENCED BY GOD’S ARISING 1_._ The vision itself. The man with a line in his hand. 2. The interpret...
_I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee _ THE RESTORER OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH Note that the name of “the Lord,” or “Jehovah,” is applied to two distinct persons; to Him who sends, and to Him who...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:1 In his third vision Zechariah anticipates a renewed Jerusalem, so full of people that it spreads beyond its walls. It will attract those Jews who remain in exile, as we...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 2:10.] Summons to rejoice over God’s indwelling, and its happy results. COME] at Messiah’s first advent, and more especially in his return in glory (Jeremiah 1:14, and Revel...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 2:1 § 5. _The third vision: the man with the measuring line._ ZECHARIAH 2:1 (Hebrews 2:5.) I LIFTED UP MINE EYES AGAIN ...
2 Chronicles 30:27; Deuteronomy 26:15; Habakkuk 2:20; Isaiah 26:20;...
THE MAN AND THE MEASURING LINE Zechariah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 40, we have Ezekiel's vision which in some respects parallels the one in Zechariah. Ezekiel in the vis...