1._In that day shall seven women take hold of one man _He pursues the same subject, and unquestionably this discourse is immediately connected with what goes before. This verse certainly ought not to have been separated from the preceding. By this circumstance he describes more fully the nature of t... [ Continue Reading ]
2._In that day shall the branch of the Lord be for beauty and glory. _(71) This consolation is seasonably added; for the announcement of a dreadful calamity might have alarmed the godly, and led them to doubt as to the stability of God’s covenant being maintained amidst the destruction of the people... [ Continue Reading ]
3._And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion. _He follows out the same statement, that when the pollution of the people shall have been washed away, what remains will be pure and _holy_. The explanation given by some, that they who shall be found written in the book of life will _be call... [ Continue Reading ]
4._When the _Lord_shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion. _He still follows out the same statement; for in consequence of its being generally believed that those calamities by which the Church is diminished inflict upon her grievous injury, the Prophet more zealously inculcates th... [ Continue Reading ]
5._And Jehovah will create on every dwelling-place of Mount Zion. _As if he had said that “there will not be a corner of Mount Zion on which the grace of God does not shine.” _Dwelling-place _and _assembly _I understand to mean the same thing; for _assembly _does not here denote a _congregation_, bu... [ Continue Reading ]
6._And a covering in the day-time shall be a shadow from the heat. _Though the Prophet confirms what we have already noticed, that God will be our perpetual guide till he has brought us to the end of our journey, yet we are reminded that believers will always be exposed to numerous calamities. Scorc... [ Continue Reading ]