Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Zechariah 2:12
Verse Zechariah 2:12. The Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land] This is a promise of the final restoration of the Jews, and that they should be God's portion in their own land.
Verse Zechariah 2:12. The Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land] This is a promise of the final restoration of the Jews, and that they should be God's portion in their own land.
AND THE LORD SHALL INHERIT JUDAH HIS PORTION - The inheritance of the Lord is the title which God commonly gave to Israel (Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 9:26, Deuteronomy 9:29;...
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...
SHALL INHERIT... HIS PORTION. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:9). App-92. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. AGAIN. yet; as in Zechariah 1:17. Not make. new choice, but demonstrate again His old c...
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...
_the holy land_ made so by God dwelling there. Comp. Exodus 3:5. _again shall yet choose Jerusalem_. R. V....
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...
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. AND THE LORD SHALL INHERIT JUDAH HIS PORTION IN THE HOLY LAND. Lest the joining of the Gentile "nati...
HIS PORTION IN THE HOLY LAND] better, 'his portion shall be upon holy ground,' i.e. in Zion....
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...
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...
(10-13) The prophecy contained in these verses is admitted by most Jewish as well as Christian commentators to be of a Messianic character; but opinion is not so unanimous with regard to the nature of...
THE HOLY LAND. — This is the only passage in which this term is used. This promise has not been literally fulfilled, for, so far from God’s then inheriting “Judah or the Holy Land,” and choosing “agai...
_[Zechariah 2:16]_ וְ נָחַ֨ל יְהוָ֤ה אֶת ־יְהוּדָה֙...
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...
"And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (13) Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation." These b...
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 confirms the former doctrine, but removes offenses, which might have occurred to the Jews and prevented them from believing this prophecy: for they had been for a time rejected, so that th...
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...
AND THE LORD SHALL INHERIT JUDAH HIS PORTION IN THE HOLY LAND,.... The Lord's people is his portion, and the lot of his inheritance; whom he has chosen, and calls as such, whether they be Jews or Gent...
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Ver. 12. _And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion_] Or his enclosure, his several, divided from t...
_Sing and rejoice_, &c. Here the prophet calls the daughter of Zion, or the whole Jewish nation, being redeemed and restored, to rejoice in the goodness showed them, and to proclaim the praises of Him...
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the Holy Land, so that He would possess His Church, AND SHALL CHOOSE JERUSALEM AGAIN, as the place of His dwelling and of His blessing....
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...
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...
10-13 Here is a prediction of the coming of Christ in human nature. Many nations in that day would renounce idolatry, and God will own those for his people who join him with purpose of heart. Gloriou...
THE LORD; Jehovah, the God of Abraham and of his seed, who had cast off Judah, and seemed to quit his claim in his ancient inheritance, by a disseisin of seventy years. SHALL INHERIT; claim, recover,...
Zechariah 2:12 LORD H3068 possession H5157 (H8804) Judah H3063 inheritance H2506 Holy H6944 Land H127 choose H977
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...
_The Holy Land _ THOSE HOLY FIELDS There is no place on the face of the globe so attractive as Palestine. There is no abatement of the interest which the peoples of the world have always taken in i...
_I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee _ THE RESTORER OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH Note that the name of “the Lord,” or “Jehovah,” is applied to two distinct persons; to Him who sends, and to Him who...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:1 In his third vision Zechariah anticipates a renewed Jerusalem, so full of people that it spreads beyond its walls. It will attract those Jews who remain in exile, as we...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 2:12 Though the nations will come to worship the Lord, JUDAH and JERUSALEM will still be his chosen PORTION....
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 2:10.] Summons to rejoice over God’s indwelling, and its happy results. COME] at Messiah’s first advent, and more especially in his return in glory (Jeremiah 1:14, and Revel...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:9; Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 41:9; Jeremiah 10:16
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...
Shall inherit — Claim, recover, possess, and delight in, as a man doth in his paternal inheritance....