Zechariah 12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 12:5-9

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 12:5. Judah] Chiefs of Judah will see the foe smitten with madness, and recognize in the repulse of the enemy by the metropolis Divine security for the country. Zechariah 12:6. Sheaf] In consequence of this trust in God the leaders consume their foes on every hand, as a basin of fire devours faggots, or a torch consumes sheaves. Jerusalem] i.e. the inhabitants. Again] After complete rout of the enemy shall dwell in (Jerusalem) peace. Zechariah 12:7. Tents], shifting... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 12:10-14

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 12:10.] This a complete contrast to preceding; nothing warlike, but all subdued and spiritual, “a clear and definite prophecy of the future conversion of the Jews, in consequence of a special and extraordinary outpouring of the influences of the Holy Spirit” [Henderson], Jerusalem] The whole covenant nation. Spirit] which brings grace, and which results in supplication. Look] Applied to bodily and mental vision (cf. Numbers 21:9; Isaiah 32:11), with the idea of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:1

Zechariah 12:1 I. The Creator of the heavens and earth and the spirit of man has an Israel. The idea of Israel is fellowship with God, and power with God gained in and by that fellowship. Man is haunted by a something issuing from heaven and earth that will not let him rest. A living world is round him, material, but full of spiritual suggestion, inviting him to seek God, and waking him up again when he grows dull and hard. It seems a necessity to man, when beaten and pressed down by these... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:9-14

Zechariah 12:9-14 (Zechariah 13:1-6 ) I. Here is, first, a remarkable national repentance remarkable on account of its supposed exciting cause. It presents, indeed, a direct inversion of the state of things generally depicted in the Old Testament Scriptures; for while, generally, we are shown a people subdued to repentance under the pressure of misery and suffering, and then raised, as the result, to heights of prosperity, our seer gives us the spectacle of a people whose repentance is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:10

Zechariah 12:10 I. In this passage Christ is not speaking of His actual crucifiers, but only of their children or descendants. But these children or descendants are described as the parties who pierced the Saviour; and not only so, but it is evident from the form of the expression that they should consider themselves as chargeable with so atrocious a crime. This personal appropriation of the guilt of crucifying Christ is required of us just as much as it will be of the reinstated Jews. It is... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Zechariah 12:10

DISCOURSE: 1258THE MEANS OF EVANGELICAL REPENTANCEZechariah 12:10. 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.REPENTANCE is a subject, with which every one supposes himself to be sufficiently acquainted, but which is indeed... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Zechariah 12:1

burden Zech. 12.-14. from one prophecy the general theme of which is the return of the Lord and the establishment of the kingdom. The order is: (1) The siege of Jerusalem preceding the battle of Armageddon (Zechariah 12:1-3); (2) the battle itself (Zechariah 12:4-9); (3) the "latter rain" in the pouring out of the Spirit and the personal revelation of Christ to the family of David and the remnant in Jerusalem, not merely as the glorious Deliverer, but as the One whom Israel pierced and has long... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Zechariah 12:8

David Kingdom in Old Testament, Summary: I. Dominion over the earth before the call of Abraham (1) Dominion over creation was given to the first man and woman (Genesis 1:26); (Genesis 1:28). Through the fall this dominion was lost, Satan becoming "prince of this world"; (Matthew 4:8-10); (John 14:30). (2) After the flood, the principle of human government was established under the covenant with Noah (See Scofield Gen 9:1). Biblically this is still the charter of all Gentile government. II. The... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Zechariah 12:12-14

Apart July 16th, 1885 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart." Zechariah 12:12-14 . True repentance is always accompanied by sorrow. It has been... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-14

Chapter 12Now, we're out of the fog and into the clear day. Out of the haze and smog. Into the glorious pure age, as this final vision of Zechariah tells us about the glorious new age that God is going to establish, the Kingdom Age upon the earth. Over and over in these last three chapters you are going to be reading the phrase, "In that day," and that is the preface to the declaration of many of the fascinating aspects of the Kingdom Age, and that great judgment that will immediately precede... read more

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