ゼカリヤ書 12:2 JCB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 12:2

Zechariah 12:2. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling “An inebriating and stupifying potion of the strongest liquor and drugs. Jerusalem shall strike the nations with dread and astonishment.” When they shall be in the siege “A future siege, after the final restoration of the Jews.” Newcome. See on Zechariah 14:3; Revelation 20:9. “It is not difficult to perceive,” says Blayney, “that the prophecies in this and the two following chapters relate to future times, and most probably... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-14

Victory, but with mourning (12:1-13:1)On occasions God used Gentile nations to punish his people Israel, but if his desire was to fight for Israel, no enemy attack could be successful. On the occasion that Zechariah speaks of in Chapter 12, God strengthens his people to overthrow the armies that besiege Jerusalem (12:1-3). The charging horses of the enemy are thrown into confusion as God comes to the help of his people. The Jewish leaders acknowledge that, above all, God is the cause of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 12:2

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . App-6 . people = peoples. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:2

Zechariah 12:2. A cup of trembling— That is, I will cause it to produce the same effect on the neighbouring nations as a cup of intoxicating liquors, which causes trembling, astonishment, and terror. See Bishop Lowth's note on Isaiah 51:21. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:2

2. cup of trembling—a cup causing those who drink it to reel (from a Hebrew root "to reel"). Jerusalem, who drank the "cup of trembling" herself, shall be so to her foes (Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 13:13). CALVIN with the Septuagint translates, "threshold of destruction," on which they shall stumble and be crushed when they attempt to cross it. English Version is better. both against Judah—The Hebrew order of words is literally, "And also against Judah shall he (the foe) be in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 12:1-9

Israel’s deliverance 12:1-9 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 12:2

The Lord would make Jerusalem like a cup of strong wine to the nations; when they tried to consume Jerusalem (a metonymy for all Israel), it would cause them to reel. Jerusalem had previously drunk the cup of the Lord’s wrath (Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22; Jeremiah 25:15-17; Jeremiah 25:28), but now it was the nations’ turn to drink it. Their siege of Jerusalem would extend to all the surrounding territory of Judah. The time in view is after the Lord regathered the Israelites to their land (ch.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 12:1-14

The Deliverance of JerusalemMany scholars believe that in Zechariah 12-14 (omitting Zechariah 13:7-9) we have a third separate prophecy, the oldest in the book of Zechariah, written subsequent to the death of king Josiah, 609 b.c. (cp. the mourning in the valley of Megiddon, Zechariah 12:11), but prior to the fall of the kingdom of Judah, 586 b.c. For this view there are some strong arguments—(a) frequent references to the House of David (Zechariah 12:7-8, Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 12:12;... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 12:2

(2) The first part of this verse seems to imply that all who should attack Jerusalem would do so to their injury. The second part should perhaps be translated, And also over Judah shall be (the trembling, or reeling) in the siege against Jerusalem: i.e., Judah should suffer as well as Jerusalem, though, as is promised before and after, they should both come out victorious. This rendering seems, on the whole, the best. The rendering of the E.V. cannot be supported; while that of the margin... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Zechariah 12:1-14

Confirmation Zechariah 12:8 There are two great senses in which we may take the verse; both equally true: both very, though not perhaps equally, comforting. I. 'He that is feeble among them shall be as David.' The promise is to you; and so it had need to be. You, in all your infirmity you, so unequally matched with the prince of the power of this world a feeble soldier on one side, on the other, principalities, and powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high... read more