Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Zechariah 12:6
Verse Zechariah 12:6. Jerusalem shall be inhabited again] This seems to refer to the future conversion of the Jews, and their "return to their own land."
Verse Zechariah 12:6. Jerusalem shall be inhabited again] This seems to refer to the future conversion of the Jews, and their "return to their own land."
I WILL MAKE THE GOVERNORS OF JUDAH LIKE A HEARTH - or “cauldron” of fire large, broad, deep, and full of fire, among the wood which is prepared for burning, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf The fir...
II. THE SECOND BURDEN OF ZECHARIAH (12-14) CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jerusalem's conflict and victory (Zechariah 12:1) _ 2. The vision of the pierced One and its results (Zechariah 12:10) Zecharia
HEARTH. chafing dish. Compare 2 Samuel 2:14. EVEN IN. as....
Zechariah 12:1-9. Jehovah's protection of His people As in the former Burden, the first section opens with a general Title (printed as such in R. V.), very similar to that of the First Burden (Zechar...
_a hearth_ Rather, PAN. The word is used in 1 Samuel 2:14 of a "pan," or cooking vessel. Elsewhere it is a bason or laver, Exodus 30:18; Exodus 30:28;...
AND JERUSALEM SHALL BE INHABITED AGAIN, &C.— _And Jerusalem shall again be safely inhabited in peace._ Houbigant....
IN THAT DAY (2) (3). Zechariah 12:4-6 RV. In that day, saith Jehovah, I will smite every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smit...
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on t...
12:6 dwell (f-47) Or 'be inhabited.'...
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 d...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 12 V1 The *LORD’s message warns (about danger) to Israel. The *LORD spreads out the skies. He lays a strong base for the earth. An...
Comp. Obadiah 1:18. PEOPLE. — Better, _nations._ (Comp. Zechariah 11:10.)...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא אָשִׂים֩ אֶת...
8. JUDAH VERSUS JERUSALEM Zechariah 12:1 A title, though probably of later date than the text, introduces with the beginning of chapter 12 an oracle plainly from circumstances different from those of...
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
JERUSALEM'S DAY OF MOURNING Zechariah 12:1-14 This vision refers to a time yet future, when the Jews shall have returned to their own land, but still in unbelief; and will be assailed by their foes,...
The second message has to do with things wholly future. The King spoke of in the previous message, whose rejection was there foretold, is now seen coming into His kingdom. This the prophet described i...
_Furnace. Septuagint, "firebrand among wood, and as a burning lamp amid straw." (Haydock) --- Left. The Samaritans shall fall as well as the Idumeans. --- Place. The temple and city had been deserted,...
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 В¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a...
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...
He adds another metaphor for the sake of a further confirmation; for he says, that the chiefs of Judah would be like a melting pot: some render it a hearth, but improperly and without meaning. He afte...
The introduction of Antichrist, a shepherd [1] in Israel, brings in also the events that crowd around Jerusalem in the last days. All the nations should be gathered round Jerusalem, but only to find i...
IN THAT DAY WILL I MAKE THE GOVERNORS OF JUDAH LIKE A HEARTH OF FIRE AMONG THE WOOD,.... As a large hearth of fire, with wood all about it, devours and consumes it; so shall the governors of Judah be...
In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on th...
_In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire_, &c. The word may be rendered, _a pot._ The Arabs, according to Harmer, (vol. 1. p. 233,) make a fire in a great stone pitcher, a...
In that day will I make the governors of Judah, the leaders of the people by the Lord's choice, LIKE AN HEARTH OF FIRE AMONG THE WOOD, so that they would consume their enemies like a basin of fire dev...
JEHOVAH'S SOLICITUDE FOR ISRAEL...
THE DELIVERANCE OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM (vv. 1-9) In this chapter Judah is mentioned five times, Jerusalem ten times. All in this chapter (as well as Chapter s 13 and 14) is prophetic of the future...
1-8 Here is a Divine prediction, which will be a heavy burden to all the enemies of the church. But it is for Israel; for their comfort and benefit. It is promised that God will make foolish the coun...
THE GOVERNORS: see MALACHI 12:5. LIKE A HEARTH OF FIRE; a hearth on which fire is thoroughly kindled. AMONG THE WOOD; the more is laid on, the more is consumed and burnt up: so the enemies of Judah an...
Zechariah 12:6 day H3117 make H7760 (H8799) governors H441 Judah H3063 firepan H3595 H784 woodpile H6086 fiery...
THE INITIAL FUTURE OF JERUSALEM (ZECHARIAH 12:1) Zechariah 12:1 ‘Thus says YHWH, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.' These wo...
THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID AND THE DWELLERS IN JERUSALEM, THE SERVANT PIERCED, THE SPIRIT POURED OUT, THE SUPERSEDING OF PROPHECY, THE FIRES OF REFINEMENT (ZECHARIAH 12:1 TO ZECHARIAH 13:9). Zec...
12:1. _The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heaven, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him._ Note how th...
CONTENTS: Jerusalem's coming siege by the Beast and his armies. Deliverance of Judah by the Lord Himself. The Spirit poured out and the pierced one recognized. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Z...
Zechariah 12:1. _The burden of the word of the Lord._ It was indeed a burden to pass the sentence of heaven against the infidels of Asia, under the names of Gog, Magog, and Meshech; the infidels of Af...
_In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment _ A GOOD TIME FOR GOOD PEOPLE I. It is a time when their enemies shall be vanquished. “In that day, saith the Lord, I will sm...
ZECHARIAH 12:1 The Second Oracle: The People and Their Leaders. In this last section of the book, hope for Judah is tied to the “house of David.” The future of Jerusalem is described in various ways,...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 12:5 The CLANS OF JUDAH recognize that Jerusalem’s strength comes only from the LORD OF HOSTS (see note on Amos 3:13
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 12:5. JUDAH] Chiefs of Judah will see the foe smitten with madness, and recognize in the repulse of the enemy by _the metropolis_ Divine security for _the country_. ZECHARI...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-14:21 B. THE SECOND BURDEN. ZECHARIAH 12:1 § 1. The prophet proceeds to announce Israel's conflict with heathen powers. Hostile nations gather together against Jerusalem, but sha...
Now, we're out of the fog and into the clear day. Out of the haze and smog. Into the glorious pure age, as this final vision of Zechariah tells us about the glorious new age that God is going to estab...
2 Corinthians 6:7; Daniel 2:34; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 2:45;
Like a hearth — A hearth on which fire is thoroughly kindled. In her own place — Not built as Nineveh, Babylon, or Rome, in some place near old cities, but in the very same place where old Jerusalem s...