撒迦利亞書 12:6-8 CUNPTS

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 12:4-9

A good time for good people. "In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness," etc. These words, which are confessedly difficult if not impossible to interpret correctly (for some say they are to be taken literally, others spiritually; some historically, others prophetically), may be fairly used to illustrate a good time for good... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:5-8

A wonderful people. "And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength," etc. In the preceding verses the dominant idea is that of Jerusalem as a city besieged. In these we have a vision of it as a city inhabited (note end of Zechariah 12:6 , and the thrice-recurring expression, "the inhabitants of Jerusalem"). And there are three aspects in which, when so regarded, we seem called upon to admire it, viz. I. JERUSALEM SAFE .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:6

A hearth; literally, a pan. The victory should be easy and complete. The chieftains of Judah shall be like a chafing dish full of fire set among dry faggots (comp. Obadiah 1:18 ; Nahum 1:10 ). In a sheaf; among sheaves. Jerusalem shall be inhabited again; rather, Jerusalem shall yet again dwell. Jerusalem is personified as a female. In spite of all the attacks of the enemy, who tried to destroy and remove her, she shall remain firm and unshaken in her own place . In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:7

Shall save the tents of Judah first. Instead of "first," a preferable reading, supported by the Greek, Latin, and Syriac Versions, is "as in the beginning," or "as in former days." The prophet declares that the open towns and villages of Judah, which can offer no effectual resistance to an enemy like the fortified city Jerusalem, shall be saved by the aid of God, as so often has happened in old time. If "first" be the genuine reading, the meaning is that the country people shall first be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:8

He that is feeble (literally, that stumbleth ) among them .. shall be as David. God shall endue the inhabitants of Jerusalem with marvellous strength and courage, so that the weakest among them shall be a hero such as David, who killed the lion and bear and overcame the giant (comp. Psalms 18:32 ). The house of David shall be as God ( Elohim ). The chiefs of the theocracy shall be endowed with supernatural might, the expression, "as God," being explained in the next clause.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:8

True greatness. I. NOT INHERITED , BUT PERSONAL . II. NOT IN CIRCUMSTANCES , BUT CHARACTER . III. NOT IN SELF - AGGRANDIZEMENT , BUT IN SOCIAL USEFULNESS . IV. NOT BOUND BY HUMAN WEAKNESS , BUT RISING TO THE GLORY OF DIVINE STRENGTH . V. NOT RESTRICTED TO INDIVIDUALS , BUT THE COMMON POSSESSION OF THE GOOD VI. NOT LIMITED TO EARTH , BUT LEADING TO THE HONOURS OF ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:6

I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth - or “cauldron” of fire large, broad, deep, and full of fire, among the wood which is prepared for burning, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf The fire could not kindle the wood or the sheaf, of itself, unless applied to it. All is of the agency of God: “I will make.”Ribera: “He foretells the increase of the Church, which by such persecutions shall not be diminished, but shall be marvelously increased. The preachers of the Church shall raise up... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:7

The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first - Still it is, ‘the Lord shall save.’ We have, on the one side, the ‘siege,’ the gathering of all the peoples of the earth ‘against Jerusalem, the horse and his rider.’ On the other, no human strength; not, as before, in the prophecy of the Maccabees, the bow, the arrow, and the sword, though in the hand of God Zechariah 9:13. It is thrice, ‘I will make’ Zechariah 9:2-3,; ‘I will smite’ (Zechariah 9:4 bis); and now, ‘The Lord shall save.’ By... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 12:7

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