Zechariah 2:8-10 NLT

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:8-9

They were to flee because the Lord purposed to send His representative to plunder the nations for afflicting His people, the apple (lit. gate, the pupil, which is the most sensitive part) of His eye (cf. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8; Matthew 25:34-45; Acts 9:1; Acts 9:4-5). This would result in His glory."This statement ["after glory"] anticipates the New Testament revelation of the Father sending the Son to glorify Him, both in His first advent (John 17:4, cf. Isaiah 61:1-2; Luke 4:17-19)... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:10-11

The Israelites in Jerusalem and elsewhere were to rejoice because the Lord promised to intervene for them and to dwell among them. His return to Jerusalem would prompt the nations to come there and acknowledge Him as sovereign (cf. Psalms 47:9; Psalms 96:1; Psalms 97:1; Psalms 98:4). Many nations would turn to the Lord in that day (the eschatological day of the Lord, cf. ch. 14; Isaiah 2:12-21; Isaiah 24-27; Joel 1:15; Joel 2:28 to Joel 3:21; Amos 5:18-20; Amos 9:11-15; Zeph.) and become part... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:10-13

Yahweh’s ultimate blessing of Israel 2:10-13 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

The Third Vision1-5. 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 exceed all human expectations, and God will be the city’s best defence. 6-9. The Jews are summoned to leave Babylon, for judgment is to fall upon that city. 10-12. God’s gracious promise to dwell in Jerusalem, to which the nations will come.1. A man with a measuring line] The vision is probably... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:1-13

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 Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:6-13

(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, whose mind had been prepared by the foregoing vision for the reception of such a revelation. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:8

(8) After the glory—i.e., in search of glory—viz., to display God’s glory upon the heathen in judgment and mercy, by first breaking their power (Zechariah 2:9), and afterwards attaching them to His service (Zechariah 2:11). (Comp. Zechariah 14:0 : when the prophet gives the substance of the Lord’s words, as in this verse and Zechariah 2:9, the first person singular refers to the prophet; but when. as in Zechariah 2:9, he gives the actual words of God, “I” means, of course, the Lord Himself.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:9

(9) The troubles which overtook Babylon shortly after this time are sufficiently borne witness to by the inscription executed by Darius in the fifth year of his reign (Sir W. Rawlinson) on the great rock of Behistun, near the western frontier of Media. Thereon are recorded two great insurrections in Babylonia, and that Babylon itself was twice taken, once by Darius in person, and again by his general, Intaphres (Records of the Past, Vol. I., pp. 118-125). On the latter occasion, “says Darius... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:10

(10) I will dwell in the midst of thee.—These words (comp. Zechariah 8:3) were, no doubt, meant by the prophet to refer, in the first place, to God’s indwelling in the second Temple (see Note on Haggai 2:9), although the visible manifestation of His presence (the Shekinah) was not again given. This prophecy received a glorious fulfilment, little dreamt of by the prophet, in the great event chronicled in John 1:14. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:10-13

(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 its fulfilment. Now, in considering such passages as this, we must bear in mind that the prophets were but men—inspired men, it is true—but still, men with the unrestrained use of their natural faculties preserved to them. When they received a prophetic inspiration, some grand idea of God’s... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:8-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:10-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:10-13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:6-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:10

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:10-13

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