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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:5

"And the chieftains of Judah shall say in their heart, the inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Jehovah of hosts.""The chieftains of Judah ..." "These are the spiritual leaders among the people."[16] Since the strength of the "inhabitants of Jerusalem" comes only from God, the passage teaches that God is the sole strength and power of his people. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:6

"In that day will I make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among the wood, and like a flaming torch among the sheaves; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.""In that day ..." "This removes the whole passage from any association with the fortunes of literal Jerusalem. "The Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother"; this is the apostolic key to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:7

"Jehovah shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem be not magnified above Judah.""Save the tents of Judah first ..." Who are meant by the tents of Judah? These are the poor, the outcast, the wretched and miserable millions on earth who dwell in tents, compared with the palaces and fortified cities. Christ's special message of redemption for the poor appears here. "Blessed are ye poor, for yours is the kingdom of God"... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:1

Zechariah 12:1. The burden— משׂא massa, usually denotes a prophesy of a calamitous kind. But it does not always so; for sometimes it signifies simply a prophesy, or revelation of some matter of importance, as Proverbs 30:1. Here however it may be fairly taken in the first sense, and rendered a burden; for though the issue be favourable to Israel in the end, yet it is preceded at first by a cup of trembling; and to the enemies of Israel the whole is from beginning to end sufficiently onerous. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:2

Zechariah 12:2. A cup of trembling— That is, I will cause it to produce the same effect on the neighbouring nations as a cup of intoxicating liquors, which causes trembling, astonishment, and terror. See Bishop Lowth's note on Isaiah 51:21. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:3

Zechariah 12:3. A burdensome stone, &c.— A stone of burden to all people: all that heave it, shall be crushed in pieces, &c. It was the custom among the inhabitants of Palestine, even in St. Jerom's days, to place round stones of prodigious weight in their towns, villages, and castles, wherewith the youth used to exercise themselves, according to their different strength; some raising them as high as their knees, and others as high as their heads; which efforts frequently occasioned... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:4

Zechariah 12:4. I will smite every horse, &c.— The cavalry, the elephants, the numerous armies of the enemy shall be put to flight, and defeated by a small number of foot, and those ill-armed. Instead of people we may read nations. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:5

Zechariah 12:5. The inhabitants of Jerusalem, &c.— There is strength to me, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord, &c. Houbigant. This passage well expresses the sentiments of the men of Judah, concerning the interest they had in the safety of Jerusalem and its inhabitants, on which their own strength and security depended in a great degree; so that they would of course be influenced to bring that assistance, the efficacy of which is set forth in the verse that follows. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:6

Zechariah 12:6. And Jerusalem shall be inhabited again, &c.— And Jerusalem shall again be safely inhabited in peace. Houbigant. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:7

Zechariah 12:7. That the glory of the house of David, &c.— This may be rendered, That the glorying of the house of David, and the glorying of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not exalt itself against Judah. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 12:7

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 12:7

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