Zechariah 2:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 2:6-9

Zechariah 2:6-9. Ho, Ho! Ye sleepy Jews, come forth Come out from your prisons; and flee Make all the haste you can, from the land of the north From Chaldea, and Babylon, the chief city of it, which lay northward of Judea. The Jews, who still remained in those parts, are here exhorted to return with all speed from them, for a reason assigned, Zechariah 2:9. For I have spread you abroad As I executed my threats in scattering you, and your brethren of the ten tribes, all over the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

Encouragement to the builders (1:7-2:13)In the first vision some mounted patrol officers have just returned from a tour of duty and report to a rider on a red horse who is standing among some trees (7-10). The patrol officers report that throughout the empire all is calm and peaceful (11).This report may be good news for the Persians but it is not for the Jews, who have now been in bondage to foreign overlords for more than seventy years. They long for freedom and pray for God’s mercy (12-13).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 2:8

the LORD of hosts. See note on Zechariah 1:3 . After the glory = For His own glory. he that, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:10 ). App-92 . His eye . The primitive text read "Mine eye"; but the Sopherim say ( App-33 ) that they altered this to "His", regarding it as derogatory to Jehovah to rend aloud such pronounced anthropomorphic expressions. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 2:8

"For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: After glory hath he sent me unto the nations which plundered you; for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye."The fact of Jehovah's reference to himself in this passage as the one sent is due to the speaker's actually being the angel of the Covenant, called Jehovah here, as is appropriate; but the identity of the angel being actually different from that of Jehovah himself is apparent in the second clause where the third person appears in the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 2:8

Zechariah 2:8. After the glory hath he sent me— He that dwelleth in the glory, or the pillar of light, hath sent me. The latter part of the verse is emphatically expressive of the tender care and paternal regard which God hath for those who love him. As the sight of the eye is, by God's care and wise providence, fenced about and guarded from harm by the eye-lids, and by its deep situation, no wonder that this admirable provision for the safety of so valuable an organ is considered, both here... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:6-9

The destruction of oppressing enemies 2:6-9 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:6-13

2. The oracle about enemy destruction and Israelite blessing 2:6-13This message brings out the practical implications of the two visions just related. It is a section of poetry in the midst of the prose visions. The prophet now spoke for the Lord, first to the Jews still in exile (Zechariah 2:6-9) and then to the Jews in Jerusalem (Zechariah 2:10-13). The first part deals with the overthrow of enemies and so connects with the second vision. The second part declares Yahweh’s sovereignty in Zion... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:8-9

They were to flee because the Lord purposed to send His representative to plunder the nations for afflicting His people, the apple (lit. gate, the pupil, which is the most sensitive part) of His eye (cf. Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8; Matthew 25:34-45; Acts 9:1; Acts 9:4-5). This would result in His glory."This statement ["after glory"] anticipates the New Testament revelation of the Father sending the Son to glorify Him, both in His first advent (John 17:4, cf. Isaiah 61:1-2; Luke 4:17-19)... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

The Third Vision1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to exceed all human expectations, and God will be the city’s best defence. 6-9. The Jews are summoned to leave Babylon, for judgment is to fall upon that city. 10-12. God’s gracious promise to dwell in Jerusalem, to which the nations will come.1. A man with a measuring line] The vision is probably... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:1-13

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 2:6-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 2:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 2:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 2:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:6-9

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:6-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 2:8-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 2:1-13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 2:1-13

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