CHAPTER X _The promise of prosperity and plenty in the close of the_ _preceding chapter leads the prophet to suggest, next, the_ _means of obtaining them; supplication to Jehovah, and not to_ _idols, whose worship had already proved a fertile source of_ _calamities_, 1-3. _The rest of the chap... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:2. _THE IDOLS HAVE SPOKEN VANITY_] This is spoken of the _Jews_, and must refer to their idolatry practised before the captivity, for there were no _idols after_. _THEREFORE THEY WENT THEIR WAY_] They were like a _flock_ that had no _shepherd_, shifting from place to place, and w... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:3. _MINE ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS_] Bad kings and bad priests. _I will punish the goats_; these were the wicked _priests_, who were _shepherds_ by their _office_, and _goats_ by the _impurity_ of their _lives_. _AS HIS GOODLY HORSE IN THE BATTLE._] The honourable _... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:4. _OUT OF HIM CAME FORTH THE CORNER_] This is spoken of the tribe of Judah: all strength, counsel, and excellence came from that tribe. The _corner stone_, the _ornament_ and _completion_ of the building; _the nail_, by which the tents were fastened, and on which they hung their... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:5. _THEY SHALL BE AS MIGHTY MEN_] The Maccabees and their successors. _RIDERS ON HORSES_] The Macedonians, who opposed the Maccabees, and had much cavalry; whereas the Jews had none, and even few weapons of war; yet they overcame these horsemen.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:6. _I WILL STRENGTHEN THE HOUSE OF JUDAH_] I doubt whether the _sixth, seventh, eighth_, and _ninth_ verses (Zechariah 10:6) are not to be understood of the future ingathering of the Jews in the times of the Gospel. See Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 23:6; Hosea 1:2; Hosea 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:7. _EPHRAIM SHALL BE LIKE A MIGHTY_ MAN] This tribe was always distinguished for its valour.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:8. _I WILL HISS FOR THEM_] אשרקה _eshrekah_, "I will shriek for them;" call them with such a _shrill strong voice_, that they shall _hear_ me, and find that it is the voice of their redemption.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:9. _I WILL SOW THEM AMONG THE PEOPLE_] Wherever they have been dispersed, my voice in the preaching of the Gospel shall reach them. _And they shall remember me_, and they and their children _shall turn again to the Lord_, through Messiah their King.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:10. _OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT_] I will bring them out of all the countries where they have been dispersed, and bring them back to their own land; and they shall be so numerous that they shall scarcely find there, in all its length and breadth, a sufficiency of room. If all the Jew... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:11. _AND HE SHALL PASS THROUGH THE SEA_] Here is an allusion to the passage of the _Red Sea_, on their coming _out of Egypt_, and to their _crossing Jordan_, when they went into the _promised land_; the _waves_ or waters of both were _dried up_, thrown from side to side, till all... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Zechariah 10:12. _I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD_] I, the God of Israel, will strengthen them in the Lord-Jesus, _the Messiah_; and thus indeed the _Chaldee: I will strengthen them_, בימרא דיי bemeymre dayai, in or _by the WORD of Jehovah_, the same _personal_ _Word_ which we so often meet... [ Continue Reading ]