SHEWED ONE. This is the fourth of the eight visions. See the Structure, p. 1281. JOSHUA. See note on Haggai 1:1. STANDING. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for ministering. THE ANGEL. See note on Zechariah 1:9. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SATAN... TO RESIST HIM. N... [ Continue Reading ]
REBUKE THEE. Compare Jude 1:9. HATH CHOSEN. bath now and heretofore chosen. IS NOT THIS... ? i.e. have. not plucked, &c. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. A BRAND, &c. Compare Amos 4:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. had come to be. Compare Genesis 1:2. FILTHY.. symbol of the defiling nature of sin. Compare Proverbs 30:12.Isaiah 4:4, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT STOOD, &C.: i.e. the ministering spirits who waited on Him. Compare Deuteronomy 1:38. 1Sa 16:21. 1 Kings 10:8. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_. App-6. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _aven_. App-44. FROM THEE. from upon thee, or from off thee. Compare 2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; Job 7:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. SAID. Then said I(i.e. the prophet); but some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "then said He". LET THEM SET. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:6). App-92. FAIR. clean, or pure. MITRE. turban. See Exodus 28:37. STOOD BY: i.e. while this was being done.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROTESTED. solemnly affirmed, or testified. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 43:3.Deuteronomy 8:19. Compare Jeremiah 11:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3 and on 1 Samuel 1:3. IF THOU WILT KEEP, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 8:35). App-92. JUDGE MY HOUSE, &C.. govern My house. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:9). App-92. PLACES TO WALK. free access, or right of way. THESE THAT STAND BY: i... [ Continue Reading ]
FELLOWS. colleagues. MEN WONDERED AT. men of sign: i.e. men to serve as signs [of One greater]. MEN. Hebrew, plural _of "enosh._ App-14. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH: i.e. Messiah, THE BRANCH. Compare Isaiah 4:2.Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:15.Jeremiah 6:12. Hebrew zemiah. Not the same word... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. fixed upon; as in Deuteronomy 11:12. Compare 1 Kings 9:3.Ezra 5:5. ONE STONE: or, every stone. SEVEN EYES. seven pairs _of_ eyes. Watching and caring for. Compare Zechariah 4:10. SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] tho oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. IN ONE DAY. Compare Isaiah 66:5... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT DAY: i.e. the day of Messiah. CALL. call in... under: i.e. invite to sit down and feast. EVERY MAN. Hebrew Ish. App-14. THE. his own; as in Micah 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]