ゼカリヤ書 12:2 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-8

Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God's Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord, a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon people, and will be very pressing in the accomplishment of it; it is a burden, a heavy burden, to all the church's enemies, like that talent of lead, Zech. 5:7, 8. But it is for Israel; it is for their comfort and benefit. As even the fiery law (Deut. 33:2), so the fiery prophecies and fiery... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:2

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about ,.... The Targum renders it, "a vessel full of inebriating liquor;' which intoxicates and makes giddy, and causes to tremble, stagger, and fall like a drunken man. The phrase denotes the punishment inflicted by the Lord upon the enemies of his church and people; see Isaiah 51:22 , when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem ; not by Antiochus Epiphanes; nor by Titus... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 12:2

Jerusalem a cup of trembling - The Babylonians, who captivated and ruined the Jews, shall in their turn be ruined. I incline to think that what is spoken in this chapter about the Jews and Jerusalem, belongs to the "glory of the latter times." Shall be in the siege - This may refer to some war against the Church of Christ, such as that mentioned Revelation 20:9 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 12:2

Verse 2 Zechariah begins here to teach us what I have briefly explained, that Jerusalem would be under the protection of God, who would render it safe and secure against all enemies. But he uses here figurative terms, which make the point more evident. He says, that Jerusalem would be a threshold of bruising, or breaking. The word סף, saph, means a threshold almost everywhere in Scripture. But some think that it means here a cup, and then they translate רעל, rol, drunkenness, or fury. But as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-4

A wonderful siege. "The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord," etc. These three concluding chapters seem to refer to one principal topic ("the burden of the Lord for Israel, " Zechariah 12:1 ) and to one principal time (see the thirteen times repeated expression, "in that day"). The general preface or introduction to the special succession of wonders which they announce to us is contained in Zechariah 12:1 , setting forth, as it does, the wonder working nature... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

§ 1. The prophet proceeds to announce Israel's conflict with heathen powers. Hostile nations gather together against Jerusalem, but shall themselves be overthrown; for the people and their leaders, trusting in the Lord, overcome all opposition. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

The security of Zion. I. MIGHT OF HER KING . The worlds of matter and of mind are under his control. If so, there is no such thing as chance. Then whatsoever God has promised he will certainly perform. Then to trust and to obey God must be the great end of our being. God's friends are blessed ( Zechariah 12:2 , Zechariah 12:4 ). His enemies, intoxicated by pride, muster for the fight. They are discomfited and driven back in headlong rout. Blindness seizes them, terror... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:2

A cup of trembling; a bowl of reeling— a bowl whose contents cause staggering and reeling, ὡς πρόθυρα σαλευόμενα , "as tottering porticoes"; superliminare crapulae (Vulgate). This Jerome explains to mean that any one who crosses the threshold of Jerusalem in hostile guise shall totter and fall. Jerusalem is the capital and type of the Messianic theocracy; the hostile powers of the world crowd round her, like thirsting men round a bowl of wine; but they find the drought is fatal to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:2-3

Sin self-punishment. "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. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." There is in this passage a principle by which the Governor of the world punishes malicious men. That principle is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:2

I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling - For encouragement, He promises the victory, and at first mentions the attack incidentally. Jerusalem is as a cup or basin, which its enemies take into their hands; a stone, which they put forth their strength to lift; but they themselves reel with the draught of God’s judgments which they would give to others, they are torn by the stone which they would lift to fling. The image of the “cup” is mostly of God’s displeasure, which is given to His own... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 12:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 12:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:2-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:2

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