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Zechariah 2:10

I will dwell in the midst of thee This prophecy had a fulfilment, when the Temple was rebuilt and the worship of God was resumed on Mount Zion. But it had a higher fulfilment when "the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14; Malachi 3:1), and the promise of the Gentiles being joined to the Lord, Zechariah 2:11, was also accomplished. It awaits its highest fulfilment in both particulars in the times that are yet future. Revelation 7:15; Revelation 21:3; Revelation 21:22-26.

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See also Zechariah 2:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 2:10. _I WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEE, SAITH THE LORD_] This must chiefly refer to the _Christian church_, in which God ever dwells by the power of his Spirit, as he _had_ done by t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SING AND REJOICE, O DAUGHTER OF ZION - It is a great jubilee of joy, to which Zion is invited. Thrice beside is she invited with this same word, and all for the restored or renewed Presence of God. “C...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. I WILL DWELL, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Zec 29:45, Zec 29:46. Leviticus 26:11; Leviticus 26:12). App-92....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ZECHARIAH 2:10_.— Hitherto nothing has appeared to indicate the angel to be more than what the name usually imports, an ordinary messenger of God's will, and the agent of his providence. Nor will it,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. SING AND REJOICE, O DAUGHTER OF ZION: FOR, LO, I COME, AND I WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEE. — These words (comp. Zechariah 8:3) were, no doubt, meant by the prophet to refer, in the first place, to God’s indwelling in the second Temple (see Note on Haggai 2...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Zechariah 2:14]_ רָנִּ֥י וְ שִׂמְחִ֖י בַּת ־צִיֹּ֑ון...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. (11) And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: an...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He continues the same subject. The meaning is, that God begins nothing which he does not determine to bring to its end. Since then he had already begun to gather his people, that they might dwell in t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SING AND REJOICE, O DAUGHTER OF ZION,.... Or, "congregation of Zion", as the Targum paraphrases it; the Jewish church, great numbers of that people being converted, and in a church state; or the whole...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. Ver. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come] After a long absence, as...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Sing and rejoice_, &c. Here the prophet calls the daughter of Zion, or the whole Jewish nation, being redeemed and restored, to rejoice in the goodness showed them, and to proclaim the praises of Him...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, the Church of Jehovah, especially in the New Testament; FOR, LO, I COME, the Messiah Himself addressing those who were longing for His coming, AND I WILL DWELL IN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SING AND REJOICE: now Christ calls them to rejoice in the goodness showed to them, and to sing forth the praises of him who showed it. O DAUGHTER OF ZION; the whole nation of the Jews, the peculiar, r...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 2:10 Sing H7442 (H8798) rejoice H8055 (H8798) daughter H1323 Zion H6726 coming H935 (H8802) dwell...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:10 SING AND REJOICE. The Lord’s dramatic return to his rebuilt house is cause for praise for those who have returned to Judah (see Psalms 35:27

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 2, the next vision, the fourth in the series of ten. I lifted up my eyes again, and I looked, and behold there was a man with a measuring line in his hand [He had a ruler]. I said, Where are y...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 6:15; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ezekiel 37:27; Isaiah 12:6;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I come — To execute judgments on thine adversaries, and to compleat thy deliverance and salvation. I will dwell — This was fulfilled in part to the Jews, but more fully to the gospel church....

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