Zechariah 12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:3

"It shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.""Burdensome stone ..." has been variously understood, but the most reasonable explanation makes it a metaphor of a mighty boulder in a field, that defies any effort to dislodge it. All who attempt it shall be sorely wounded. The church of Christ is founded upon the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:4

"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 smite every horse of the peoples with madness.""In that day ..." identifies the time period in focus as the Messianic era."Smite every horse ... and his rider ..." These expressions are metaphorical descriptions of the military power and other devices used by the enemies of God's people. No device shall ever be successful in destroying the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:5

"And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, the inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts.""The chieftains of Judah ..." "These are the spiritual leaders among the people."[16] Since the strength of the "inhabitants of Jerusalem" comes only from God, the passage teaches that God is the sole strength and power of his people. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:6

"In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among the wood, and like a flaming torch among the sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.""In that day ..." "This removes the whole passage from any association with the fortunes of literal Jerusalem. "The Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother"; this is the apostolic key to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:7

"Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.""Save the tents of Judah first ..." Who are meant by the tents of Judah? These are the poor, the outcast, the wretched and miserable millions on earth who dwell in tents, compared with the palaces and fortified cities. Christ's special message of redemption for the poor appears here. "Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God"... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:8

"In that day shall Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Jehovah before them."The first verse of the New Testament refers to Jesus as the "Son of David"; and here all the followers of that Greater David shall partake of the likeness, character, and perfection of Jesus Christ."As the angel of Jehovah ..." Some have mistakenly believed that this was intended to be a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:9

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."The fulfillment of this is seen in the rise and fall of earth's powerful empires from the times of the First Advent to the present, as in turn, enmity was turned upon Christianity, and the source of the enmity fell. There is also an echo here of the ultimate fate of the whole rebellious earth whose nations shall at last find themselves arrayed against the Lord God Almighty as the end... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:10

"And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born."Three tremendously important things are foretold here: (1) a spirit of grace and supplication (repentance) shall be poured out upon the "inhabitants of Jerusalem," (2) they... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:11

"In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon. And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart. The family of the house of Levi, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites, and their wives apart. All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart."The effect of this passage... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12

CHAP. XII. Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself, and a burdensome stone to her adversaries. The victorious restoring of Judah. The repentance of Jerusalem. Before Christ 517. IT is not difficult to perceive, that the prophesies in this and the two following chapters relate to future times, and most probably to those predicted of by Ezekiel in the 38th and 39th chapters; where it is said, that Israel after their restoration and return to their own country would be assailed by a combination of... read more

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