Zechariah 12:4-5

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:4

In that day: see Zechariah 4:3. I will smite every horse: horses are of very great use in wars; they were the main strength of Antiochus Epiphanes, his best preparations. With astonishment; a dull, sottish fear and perplexity. And his rider with madness; an impotency of mind both in the understanding, which is folly and imprudence, and in the will and resolution, which is either cowardice or unconstancy, like madmen that neither know how to resolve or act. God will turn all their counsel into... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:5

The governors of Judah, the counsellors and rulers at home, and the leaders and captains abroad, the Maccabees and others, every one for himself, shall say in their heart; shall think, believe, and reckon upon it, and be hearty in it. The inhabitants of Jerusalem, though but few and poor, yet they shall be my strength: and these shall be ready and forward to go forth against their enemies, with a handful of men to encounter mighty and numerous armies, because their strength and help lieth in... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-4

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter begins the first half of the second prophecy concerning Israel’s future and the nations of the world. The conflict against Jerusalem and Judah will issue in the destruction of the enemies (Zechariah 12:1-4). Burden] Implying distress to Israel and destruction to their foes; explained by reference to God’s creative power, which removes all doubt concerning the thing predicted. Zechariah 12:2. Cup] Causing those who drink to reel; a symbol of Divine judgments, which... read more

Joseph Exell

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

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 12:1-14

Zechariah 12:1 . The burden of the word of the Lord. It was indeed a burden to pass the sentence of heaven against the infidels of Asia, under the names of Gog, Magog, and Meshech; the infidels of Africa, under the names of Ham and of Tarshish, or Carthage. Against the infidels of Europe, under the name of the isles of the gentiles, or the Greeks, and also the Goths. Herodotus notes, that our forefathers had no walled towns, but lived in light habitations. So the Medes found them, when they... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 12:4-9

Zechariah 12:4-9In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment A good time for good peopleI.It is a time when their enemies shall be vanquished. “In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment,” etc.II. It is a time when their power shall be augmented. The power here promised is--1. The power of unity. “The governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God.”III. It is a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:4

Zec 12:4 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 house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. Ver. 4. I will smite every horse with astonishment ] Great is the strength of the horse and the rage of his rider: Jehu marched furiously; Bajazet, the Great Turk, of his fierce and furious riding was surnamed Gilderun, or Lightning; but God can make the Egyptians to appear men,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:5

Zec 12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. Ver. 5. And the governors of Judah ] The dukes or chieftains ( אלפי ); meaning the Maccabees, who wear not any kingly crown, but were only governors, rulers, commanders-in-chief, such as went before others; like as in the alphabet Aleph is the first letter; so, “ Omega nostrorum Mors est, Mars Alpha malorum, ” saith the poet wittily. Shall say in... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 12:4

that day: Zechariah 12:3, Zechariah 12:6, Zechariah 12:8, Zechariah 12:9, Zechariah 12:11, Isaiah 24:21 I will smite: Zechariah 10:5, Zechariah 14:15, Deuteronomy 28:28, 2 Kings 6:14, 2 Kings 6:18, Psalms 76:5-Judges :, Ezekiel 38:4, Ezekiel 39:20 I will open: Zechariah 9:8, 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:40, 2 Chronicles 7:15, Nehemiah 1:6, Isaiah 37:17, Jeremiah 24:6, Daniel 9:18, Acts 17:30 Reciprocal: Psalms 76:6 - both Jeremiah 51:21 - General Joel 3:2 - will plead... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:5

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-4

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

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-14

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 12:1-14

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 12:4-9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:4

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 12:4

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