saith the LORD = [is] Jehovah's oracle. App-4 . wall of fire. Like the watch-fires seen round Bedaween camps, which have no walls. Compare Isaiah 26:1 ; Isaiah 33:21 ; Isaiah 60:18 . in the midst. Compare verses: Zechariah 2:10 , Zechariah 2:11 ("J") read more
"For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her."As Ellis stated it. "This is one of the greatest texts of the Old Testament."[10] It is the Old Testament equivalent of the blessed promise of Jesus, "I will be with you always, even unto the end of the world" (Matthew 28:18-20). The blunt meaning of the vision is simply this: God's real people do not need any walls, the holy presence of Almighty God is all that the true Israel... read more
5. I . . . wall of fire round—Compare Zechariah 2:4. Yet as a city needs some wall, I JEHOVAH will act as one of fire which none durst approach (Zechariah 9:8; Isaiah 26:1). glory in the midst—not only a defense from foes outside, but a glory within (Isaiah 60:19; Revelation 21:23). The same combination of "glory and defense" is found in Revelation 21:23- :, alluding to the pillar of cloud and fire which defended and enlightened Israel in the desert. Compare Elisha in Dothan (Revelation 21:23-... read more
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The Lord promised to be Jerusalem’s defense instead of a physical wall and to be the glory in her in contrast to any human glory. Such a promise would have been a great encouragement to the returnees from captivity. Yahweh Himself (emphatic in the Hebrew text) would provide security by His protection and presence (cf. Zechariah 1:16; Psalms 24:7-10). Though God did protect the returnees, His promise has not yet found fulfillment. The wall of fire that Yahweh would be recalls the pillar of cloud... read more
The Third Vision1-5. A young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure Jerusalem preparatory to rebuilding the walls. But an angel is sent to stop him. The population will so increase as to exceed all human expectations, and God will be the city’s best defence. 6-9. The Jews are summoned to leave Babylon, for judgment is to fall upon that city. 10-12. God’s gracious promise to dwell in Jerusalem, to which the nations will come.1. A man with a measuring line] The vision is probably... read more
II.THIRD VISION.—THE MAN WITH THE MEASURING LINE.(1-5) This vision is a prophetic realisation of the fulfilment of the promise (Zechariah 1:16): “A line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.” read more
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15, the Prophet Haggai received the revelation contained in Haggai 2:10-23. On the four-and-twentieth day of the eleventh month, just five months after the re-building of the Temple was resumed, Zechariah sees a succession of seven visions in one night, followed by a symbolic action (Zechariah 6:9-15). read more
(5) A wall of fire.—This verse is not intended to discountenance the building of walls to Jerusalem, a thing which was actually done under Nehemiah (B.C. 445), but is simply a solemn promise of God’s protection. Many indeed were the troubles which fell on the city in the times which intervened between the days of Zechariah and those of our Lord; but still, abundant proof was given that God had not forgotten His promise to shield it. Such troubles, as at other periods of the history of the Jews,... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 2:1-13
Encouragement to the builders (1:7-2:13)In the first vision some mounted patrol officers have just returned from a tour of duty and report to a rider on a red horse who is standing among some trees (7-10). The patrol officers report that throughout the empire all is calm and peaceful (11).This report may be good news for the Persians but it is not for the Jews, who have now been in bondage to foreign overlords for more than seventy years. They long for freedom and pray for God’s mercy (12-13).... read more