Zechariah 3:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 3:9

Zechariah 3:9. For behold the stone, &c. Or, as some render the former part of the verse, For this is the stone which I lay before Joshua; there are in the same stone seven eyes: I will engrave it with its engravings, saith the Lord There seems to be an allusion in these words to the foundation, or chief corner stone of the temple, which probably was laid with great solemnity in the presence of Joshua. Christ is not only the rod out of the stem of Jesse, and the branch that should... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 3:1-10

Encouragement to Joshua (3:1-10)Zechariah then has a vision in which he sees Satan accuse the high priest Joshua (and therefore the people he represents) of being unclean. Because of their long exile in idolatrous Babylon, they are no longer fit to enter God’s presence. In other words, Satan is hinting that the people are wasting their time building the temple. Since they are unclean, no sacrifices that they offer there will be acceptable to God (3:1; see also v. 3).God replies that he has not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 3:9

upon = fixed upon; as in Deuteronomy 11:12 . Compare 1 Kings 9:3 .Ezra 5:5 . one stone: or, every stone. seven eyes = seven pairs of eyes. Watching and caring for. Compare Zechariah 4:10 . saith the LORD of hosts = [is] tho oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth. in one day . Compare Isaiah 66:5-9 read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 3:9

"For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: Behold, I will engrave the graying thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day."Joshua (Jesus), the Branch, and My Servant, all in the previous verse, point squarely to the approaching Messiah; and there is no need to suppose that the stone which appears here is anything except another metaphor of the Son of God. The fact of the stone's having "seven eyes" seals the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 3:9

Zechariah 3:9. That I have laid before Joshua— It seems as if the prophet saw in his vision a stone or rock set before Joshua with seven (עינים ainaiim) fountains springing out of it, which God says were opened by himself. Seven eyes— עין aiin, signifies a fountain, as well as an eye; and there seems to be a plain allusion here to the rock which Moses smote in the wilderness, and brought waters out of it for the refreshment of the people of God; and that rock, says St. Paul, was Christ; 1... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 3:9

9. For—expressing the ground for encouragement to the Jews in building the temple: I (Jehovah) have laid the (foundation) stone as the chief architect, before (in the presence of) Joshua, by "the hand of Zerubbabel" (Zechariah 4:10; Ezra 3:8-13), so that your labor in building shall not be vain. Antitypically, the (foundation) stone alluded to is Christ, before called "the Branch." Lest any should think from that term that His kingdom is weak, He now calls it "the stone," because of its... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:6-10

2. The accompanying promises 3:6-10 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 3:9

Zechariah also saw in the vision a stone in front of Joshua. The stone, too, is a common figure of God and Messiah in the Bible (Zechariah 10:4; Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:7-11; Psalms 118:22; et al.). In the past God promised that the Stone would be a secure, never-failing refuge for His people (Isaiah 28:16; 1 Peter 2:6). When Messiah appeared, however, He proved to be a stone over which the Jews stumbled and an offensive rock to them (Psalms 118:22-23; Isaiah 8:13-15; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 3:1-10

The Fourth VisionJoshua, better known under the later form Jeshua (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:7-8, Nehemiah 12:10, etc.), was the son of Jehozadak, a member of the priestly order. He returned with the Jews from exile, and was prominently associated with Zerubbabel in the erection of the Second Temple. In 1 Esdras and Ecclus. the name appears simply as ’Jesus.’1-7. Joshua, the high priest, is seen in a vision standing before the angel of God, accused by the adversary of being unworthy, as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 3:1-10

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

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