Verse Zechariah 2:8. _AFTER THE GLORY_] After your _glorious deliverance_ from the different places of your dispersion; _He hath sent me unto the_ _nations which spoiled you_, that _they_ may fall und...
AFTER THE GLORY - Jonathan: “Which it is promised to bring upon you.” This being the usual construction, the words involve a great course of God’s dealing, of first showing favor to those who will rec...
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...
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. AFTER THE GLORY. For His own glory. HE THAT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:10). App-92. HIS EYE. The primitive text read "Mine eye"; but t...
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...
_after the glory_ rather, AFTER GLORY. There is no article to shew that there is a reference, as has been supposed, to Zechariah 2:5, so that it would mean, "after the glory which I have promised has...
DISCOURSE: 1241 GOD’S SYMPATHY WITH HIS PEOPLE Zechariah 2:8. _He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye_. GOD makes use of the wicked as his rod, wherewith to chastise his own children. But...
AFTER THE GLORY HATH HE SENT ME— _He that dwelleth in the glory,_ or _the pillar of light, hath sent me._ The latter part of the verse is emphatically expressive of the tender care and paternal regard...
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...
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; AFTER...
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...
AFTER THE GLORY] better, 'after glory,' i.e. to win glory, by bringing judgment on the Babylonians who spoiled Israel. ME] the angel is still speaking. APPLE OF HIS EYE] here lit. 'the door of his eye...
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...
AFTER THE GLORY — _i.e.,_ in search of glory — viz., to display God’s glory upon the heathen in judgment and mercy, by first breaking their power (Zechariah 2:9), and afterwards attaching them to His...
_[Zechariah 2:12]_ כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַר֮ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹות֒...
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...
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the (i) glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the (k) apple of his eye. (i) Seeing that God had begun to sho...
_Glory. After restoring you to your own country, and rebuilding your cities, I will punish your enemies. (Calmet) --- After they have enjoyed prosperity, they shall feel the reverse. Hebrew Cabod, (Ha...
"Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. (7) Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with...
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...
The Prophet pursues the same subject; for he shows that the way was not opened to the Jews that they might soon after repent of their return, but that the Lord might be with them, as their deliverance...
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...
FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... Christ, who is the true Jehovah, and Lord of armies, as appears from his being sent in the next clause: AFTER THE GLORY; which is promised, Zechariah 2:5 so the...
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. Ver. 8. _For thus saith the Lord of hosts...
_Ho, Ho!_ Ye sleepy Jews, _come forth_ Come out from your prisons; _and flee_ Make all the haste you can, _from the land of the north_ From Chaldea, and Babylon, the chief city of it, which lay northw...
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...
For thus saith the Lord of hosts, After the glory hath He sent Me unto the nations which spoiled you, the Angel of the Lord being sent to the heathen to get back the glory which they, by their hostile...
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...
6-9 If God will build Jerusalem for the people and their comfort, they must inhabit it for him and his glory. The promises and privileges with which God's people are blessed, should engage us to join...
Some refer this to what went before, as a reason why the Jews should return, for God hath commanded it. I think it is an encouragement to the Jews to return, because God had promised to make them a gl...
Zechariah 2:8 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 sent H7971 (H8804) after H310 glory H3519 nations...
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...
_I have spread you abroad, etc _ SOUL-EXILE This is a call of Jehovah to the Jews in Babylonian captivity to return to their own land. These words may illustrate the moral exile of humanity. The po...
_He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye _ THE DIVINE INTEREST IN HIS PEOPLE 1. While we disown the reference of the former portion of the vision to Gospel times, and to the spiritual or...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 2:6. NORTH] Babylon, north of Jerusalem; an address to such Jews as still remained there, through infirmity, ties of property, &c. The urgency of the call denoted by repeti...
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 ...
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...
1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:14; 1 John 4:9; 2 Kings 24:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6
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...
After the glory — After that he is become your glory, I am to avenge you of your enemies....