Zechariah 12

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 12:1

CONTENTS. The Prophet, still prosecuting the same blessed subject, of the auspicious events included in the coming of Christ, prophesieth of many singular blessings to be given to the Lord's people in that day. (Zechariah 12:1 ) THE burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. The Chapter opens with a solemn preface of the Lord's distinguishing mercy over Israel;... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 12:2-9

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 ¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. 4 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... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 12:10-14

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of IIadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. 12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 12:14

REFLECTIONS. Almighty Lord! we desire to praise thee, for thy tender mercies to Jerusalem. Do, Lord, as thou hast said. May the Church of Jesus be a cup of trembling to all that dare oppose her great salvation in her Lord. Smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness, that , would trample on thy peaceable followers; and may all the inhabitants of thy Jerusalem, thine holy city, have their strength in the Lord of hosts, their God ! Reader! see, I pray you, whether the Lord's... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:2

A lintel of surfeiting. That is, a door into which they shall seek to enter, to glut themselves with blood: but they shall stumble, and fall like men stupified with wine. It seems to allude to the times of Antiochus, and to the victories of the Machabees. (Challoner) --- Yet it indirectly relates to the last siege of Jerusalem, and to Jesus Christ establishing his Church. Hebrew, "a cup of drowsiness," or trembling. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "as courts (or thresholds; Greek: prothura ) shaken."... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:3

Stone. It was customary to have such huge stones for people to try their strength. (St. Jerome) --- Ruptures and wounds were frequently the consequence, Ecclesiasticus vi. 22. The nations which attacked God's people, paid dear for their victory. (Calmet) --- All fight against the Church; (Menochius) yet she prevails. (Haydock) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:4

Blindness. The cavalry of the Syrians proved useless against a few (Calmet) champions under God's protection. (Haydock) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:5

Let. Septuagint, "We shall find for us the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the Lord Almighty, their God." (Haydock) --- Judas always exhorted his men to trust in the Lord, 1 Machabees iii. 18. (Calmet) --- Mocbai, the initials of "who is like thee among the strong, ( Alim ) O Lord," (Exodus xv. 11.; Haydock) is supposed to have been his motto, (Calmet) written on his banners; and some assert, that it occasioned the appellation of Machabees. (Haydock) --- "Strengthen for me." (Aquila) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:6

Furnace. Septuagint, "firebrand among wood, and as a burning lamp amid straw." (Haydock) --- Left. The Samaritans shall fall as well as the Idumeans. --- Place. The temple and city had been deserted, while the troops of Epiphanes occupied the citadel, 1 Machabees iii. 45., and iv. 38. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:7

David. The Machabees were not of this family, but Levites, born at Modin, in Ephraim. (Calmet) read more

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