Zechariah 2:9 - Exposition

I will shake mine hand upon ( over ) them . The angel reports Jehovah's message now in the first person, or speaks as the representative of Jehovah. The action of shaking the hand over a nation is one of menace ( Job 31:21 ; Isaiah 11:15 ; Isaiah 19:16 ). Shall be a spoil to their servants; to their slaves, those who once served them. This was true only in a spiritual sense, when the nations were won over to the true faith (see Zechariah 2:11 ; and comp. Isaiah 14:2 ; Isaiah 49:22 , etc.; Ezekiel 16:61 ). Septuagint, τοῖς δουλεύουσιν αὐτοῖς , "to them that serve them." Ye shall know, etc. ( Zechariah 4:9 ; Zechariah 6:15 ). When this comes to pass, the Israelites shall recognize and own the Divine mission of God's messenger.