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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-17

We not come to visions and revelations of the Lord; for in that way God chose to speak by Zechariah, to awaken the people's attention, and to engage their humble reverence of the word and their humble enquiries into it, and to fix it the more in their minds and memories. Most of the following visions seem designed for the comfort of the Jews, now newly returned out of captivity, and their encouragement to go on with the building of the temple. The scope of this vision (which is as an... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 1:18-21

It is the comfort and triumph of the church (Isa. 59:19) that when the enemy shall come in like a flood, with mighty force and fury, then the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. Now, in this vision (the second which this prophet had), we have an illustration of that, God's Spirit making a stand, and making head, against the formidable power of the church's adversaries. I. We have here the enemies of the church bold and daring, and threatening to be its death, to cut off... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:14

So the angel that communed with me ,.... Having an order from the other Angel, or the Lord of hosts: said unto me, Cry thou ; proclaim, publish, declare in the hearing of the people, for their comfort and encouragement. The Targum renders it, "prophesy": saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion, with a great jealousy ; which is expressive of his conjugal affection for his church and people, his zeal for their good, and his indignation at their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:15

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease ,.... The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews, who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, when the state and condition of the Jews was very low and discouraging: for I was but a little displeased : that is, with his people the Jews, for their ingratitude, idolatry, and immorality; and which displeasure he showed by suffering them to be carried into captivity; see Isaiah 54:8 , ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies ,.... Having returned the people of the Jews from their captivity to Jerusalem, in which he had shown abundant mercy to them: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts ; meaning the temple where he dwelt and was worshipped; the foundation of which had been laid two months before this prophecy was delivered, Haggai 2:18 and which should be raised up and finished, notwithstanding all the opposition of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:17

Cry yet, saying ,.... That is, "prophesy again", as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad ; or, according to the Targum, "the cities of my people shall be yet filled with good"; and so the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "my cities shall yet flow with good things"; with all temporal prosperity and happiness; which was fulfilled in the times of Nehemiah, Zerubbabel, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:18

Then I lifted up mine eyes ,.... To behold another vision which follows: and saw, and behold four horns ; either iron ones, such as Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made to push the Syrians with, 1 Kings 22:11 or horns of beasts, as the horns of unicorns, to which the horns of Joseph are compared, Deuteronomy 33:17 and signify kingdoms or kings, and these very powerful and mighty; and so the Targum interprets them of "four kingdoms"; and which Kimchi and Abarbinel understand of the four... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:19

And I said unto the angel that talked with me ,.... Zechariah 1:9 , What be these ? that is, who do these horns signify? and what or whom do they represent? and he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem ; which may design the distresses, vexations, and captivities of the people of Israel by their enemies, as by the Moabites, Ammonites, &c.; in the times of the judges; and the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel by Shalmaneser;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:20

And the Lord showed me four carpenters. To saw and cut in pieces the four horns; or rather "four blacksmiths" F25 חרשים "fabros ferrarios", Pembellus, Sanctius, Burkius. ; these horns were horns of iron; so the word is rendered a "smith" in 1 Samuel 13:19 and indeed it signifies both a worker in wood and a worker in iron; and who are sometimes distinguished by what they work in, whether wood or iron; see Isaiah 44:12 . The Jews say F26 T. Bab. Succa, fol. 52. 2. these four... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:21

Then said I, What come these to do ?.... That is, these four carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum renders the word, the prophet concluded there was some work for them to do: And he spake, saying ; meaning the angel that talked with him, and interpreted the visions to him: These are the horns which have scattered Judah ; not that the carpenters were the horns, for these two are distinct from, and opposite to, one another. The words should rather be rendered,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 1:18-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:21

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