John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:2
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about ,.... The Targum renders it, "a vessel full of inebriating liquor;' which intoxicates and makes giddy, and causes to tremble, stagger, and fall like a drunken man. The phrase denotes the punishment inflicted by the Lord upon the enemies of his church and people; see Isaiah 51:22 , when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem ; not by Antiochus Epiphanes; nor by Titus... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Zechariah 12:1-8
Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God's Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord, a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon people, and will be very pressing in the accomplishment of it; it is a burden, a heavy burden, to all the church's enemies, like that talent of lead, Zech. 5:7, 8. But it is for Israel; it is for their comfort and benefit. As even the fiery law (Deut. 33:2), so the fiery prophecies and fiery... read more