Zechariah 12:1
BURDEN] see Zechariah 9:1. God's omnipotence is the guarantee that this prophecy will be fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURDEN] see Zechariah 9:1. God's omnipotence is the guarantee that this prophecy will be fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM Many scholars believe that in Zechariah 12-14 (omitting Zechariah 13:7) we have a third separate prophecy, the oldest in the book of Zechariah, written subsequent to the death of king Josiah, 609 b.c. (cp. the mourning in the valley of Megiddon, Zechariah 12:11), but pri... [ Continue Reading ]
TREMBLING] RV 'reeling.' The nations assailing Jerusalem would stagger like a drunken man. The figure is common: cp. Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 24:20; Jeremiah 51:7. AGAINST JUDAH _AND_ AGAINST JERUSALEM] This does not make sense; and most scholars, omitting two letters, render, 'Even Judah shall be at th... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY HORSE OF THE PEOPLE] RV 'peoples,' i.e. nations attacking Jerusalem. The eyes of the Lord will be opened to look favourably upon His people, but their enemies will be blinded. 5, 6. The mutual reliance and helpfulness of Judah and Jerusalem. The victory is to be with Jerusalem, so that Judah... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANGEL OF THE LORD] that led Israel in the wilderness: cp. Exodus 23:20. 10. Even repentance comes of the grace of God. UPON ME] better, 'unto me.' The text is obscure. Some read 'him,' when the reference would be to some unknown martyr in the cause of Jerusalem, 11. The mourning is likened to s... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY FAMILY APART] indicating the deep personal significance of the mourning. Such had doubtless been the mourning for Josiah, whose death was one of the greatest calamities that could have befallen the Jewish nation. The depth and reality of the mourning is shown by the singling out of certain lea... [ Continue Reading ]