John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:3
Zec 12:3 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. Ver. 3. I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone ] Such a stone as that wherewith the woman brake Abimelech’s brain pan, at the tower of Thebez, Judges 9:53 . He had slain all his brethren upon one stone, Judges 9:5 , he receives, therefore, his death’s wound by a stone; and that by the... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 12:2-3
Zechariah 12:2-3All that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces Sin self-punishmentThere is in this passage a principle by which the governor of the world punishes malicious men.That principle is this, in the reaction of their efforts to injure others to injury of themselves. Jerusalem would become confusion and destruction to the men who sought its ruin.1. Jerusalem would become a “cup of trembling,” or “intoxication.”2. Jerusalem would become to them a “burdensome stone.”The idea... read more