great mountain Comp. Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 49:11; Matthew 17:20; Mat 21:21; 1 Corinthians 13:2. So had the mountain-like obstacles of the power of their captors (Ezra 1:1), and the unwillingness of the people, first to return (Zechariah 4:5), and then to persevere in the work (Haggai 1:14), already "become a plain," by the "Spirit of the Lord," stirring up the spirit of man.

Grace, grace unto it i.e. all favour rest upon it! "Faveat ei Deus, faveant homines." Maurer.

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