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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Zechariah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 90,735 words · 163 reading sections
Zechariah 10:6
Zechariah 10:6 Ver. 6. And I wilt strengthen the house of Judah,.... Both with internal and external strength, so that they shall be able to stand their ground against enemies of every sort: and I will save the house of Joseph: the ten tribes, such of them that shall be found, for all Israel shall be saved, Ro 11:26 …
2,587 wordsSECTION 122Zechariah 11:1
Zechariah 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 11 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Jews, and shows the causes and reasons of it; and is concluded with a prediction concerning antichrist. The destruction of the temple and city of Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it, is signified by figurative expr…
432 wordsSECTION 123Zechariah 11:2
Zechariah 11:2 Ver. 2. Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen,.... By which are designed the princes, nobles, and magistrates of the land: so the Targum interprets them of kings and princes; see Na 2:3: because all the mighty are spoiled; which is an explanation of the figurative expressions in the former clause, an…
153 wordsSECTION 124Zechariah 11:3
Zechariah 11:3 Ver. 3. [There is] a voice of the howling of the shepherds,.... Which may be understood either of the civil rulers among the Jews, who now lose their honour and their riches; and so the Targum, Jarchi, and Aben Ezra, interpret it of kings; or of the ecclesiastical rulers, the elders of the people, the S…
221 wordsSECTION 125Zechariah 11:4
Zechariah 11:4 Ver. 4. Thus saith the Lord my God,.... The Syriac version adds, "to me"; not the Prophet Zechariah, but the Messiah, who calls the Lord his God, as he was man and Mediator, Joh 20:17 for what follow are the words of God the Father to him, calling upon him, and giving him a commission to Feed the flock…
283 wordsSECTION 126Zechariah 11:5
Zechariah 11:5 Ver. 5. Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty,.... Not the Romans after Christ came, into whose hands they were delivered, and by whom they were slain in great numbers, not accounting it any sin to put them to death; but the priests, Scribes, Pharisees, and doctors, among the Jews, …
234 wordsSECTION 127Zechariah 11:6
Zechariah 11:6 Ver. 6. For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord,.... Or spare them; but cause his wrath to come upon them to the uttermost, as it did at the time of Jerusalem's destruction by the Romans; but, lo, I will deliver the men everyone into his neighbour's hand; this seems to refer…
199 wordsSECTION 128Zechariah 11:7
Zechariah 11:7 Ver. 7. And I will feed the flock of slaughter,.... According to the call and commission he had from his divine Father, Zec 11:4 he determines to do as it was enjoined him, and as he had undertook: [even] you, O poor of the flock; besides the people of the Jews in general, to whom Christ was sent, and …
1,954 wordsSECTION 129Zechariah 11:8
Zechariah 11:8 Ver. 8. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month,.... Not Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, as is suggested in the Talmud {e}; nor David, Adonijah, and Joab, who died in the space of a month; nor the three kings, Jehoash, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah, who died by the hand of their enemies in a very little time; w…
692 wordsSECTION 130Zechariah 11:9
Zechariah 11:9 Ver. 9. Then said I, I will not feed you,.... That is, any longer; either personally, or by his apostles; he fed them himself, during his public ministry; and afterwards by his apostles, whom he ordered to preach the Gospel to the Jews first; but that being contradicted, blasphemed, and despised by them…
259 wordsSECTION 131Zechariah 11:10
Zechariah 11:10 Ver. 10. And I took my staff, [even] Beauty, and cut it asunder,.... Signifying that he dropped his pastoral care of them: the Gospel indeed, which is meant by the staff "Beauty", cannot be made void; it will have its designed effect; it is the everlasting Gospel, and will endure; its blessings, promis…
293 wordsSECTION 132Zechariah 11:11
Zechariah 11:11 Ver. 11. And it was broken in that day,.... In right, the day Christ died; apparently, when the Gospel, the substance of it, was removed; and, in fact, at the time of Jerusalem's destruction:and so the poor of the flock; See Gill on "Zec 11:7":that waited upon me; as servants on their masters; as clien…
2,664 wordsSECTION 133Zechariah 12:1
Zechariah 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 12 This chapter contains a prophecy of the defence, protection, and salvation of the church of God; and of the effusion of the Spirit; and of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day. It begins with a title and preface, describing the power of God, from the creation of the…
469 wordsSECTION 134Zechariah 12:2
Zechariah 12:2 Ver. 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 th…
331 wordsSECTION 135Zechariah 12:3
Zechariah 12:3 Ver. 3. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people,.... The Targum renders it "a stone of offence"; at which they shall stumble and fall; but it seems to design the immovableness of the state and condition of Jerusalem, that those who attempt to remove her out of her place, …
583 wordsSECTION 136Zechariah 12:4
Zechariah 12:4 Ver. 4. In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness,.... The meaning is, the enemies of God's people shall be astonished at the failure of their attempts, and be filled with fury and madness because they cannot accomplish their designs; and shall b…
302 wordsSECTION 137Zechariah 12:5
Zechariah 12:5 Ver. 5. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart,.... The governors of the rest of the cities in Judea, besides Jerusalem, when they shall observe the armies of the people, their horses and their riders, smitten by the Lord, as above, shall take heart, and be of good courage: and secretly say…
213 wordsSECTION 138Zechariah 12:6
Zechariah 12:6 Ver. 6. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood,.... As a large hearth of fire, with wood all about it, devours and consumes it; so shall the governors of Judah be to the nations that shall come up against Jerusalem. The Targum renders it, "as a garment of fi…
177 wordsSECTION 139Zechariah 12:7
Zechariah 12:7 Ver. 7. The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first,.... That is, the Jews, who will be in other parts of the land encamped in tents, to defend themselves against their enemies; these will be saved out of the hands of them, before the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be saved; and in such a manner, t…
146 wordsSECTION 140Zechariah 12:8
Zechariah 12:8 Ver. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... As with a shield against their enemies; and such is the Lord to all his people; he is their shield to protect them; he keeps and guards them by his power; he encompasses them about with his favour, as with a shield; and gives un…
479 wordsSECTION 141Zechariah 12:9
Zechariah 12:9 Ver. 9. And it shall come to pass in that day,.... So often mentioned in this chapter; by which is meant the latter part of the Gospel dispensation, the spiritual reign of Christ: [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem; and shall destroy them. The whole of this paragr…
69 wordsSECTION 142Zechariah 12:10
Zechariah 12:10 Ver. 10. And I will pour out upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... The Jews that belong to the family of Christ, and to the heavenly Jerusalem, the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven: the Spirit of grace and of supplications; by which is meant the …
1,032 wordsSECTION 143Zechariah 12:11
Zechariah 12:11 Ver. 11. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem,.... Great numbers being awakened, convinced, and converted, and brought to true repentance: as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. Lightfoot {i} thinks the prophet alludes to the two great and general lamentations of…
377 wordsSECTION 144Zechariah 12:12
Zechariah 12:12 Ver. 12. And the land shall mourn,.... That is, the inhabitants of it; not only Jerusalem, but the land of Judea, and the people in it everywhere: in the Talmud {o} it is said, this is the mourning of the Messiah, that is, on his account: every family apart; though the mourning will be general and pub…
464 wordsSECTION 145Zechariah 13:1
Zechariah 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 13 In this chapter are prophecies concerning the purification of the penitent Jews before spoken of; the removal of idols, and false prophets, out of the earth; the death of Christ; the destruction of the greater part of men, and the salvation of a few of them. The cleansing o…
753 wordsSECTION 146Zechariah 13:2
Zechariah 13:2 Ver. 2. And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... In the latter day, at the time of the conversion of the Jews, when they shall turn to the Lord, and their sins shall be forgiven, and washed away in the fountain of his blood; for this refers not to the times of the Babylonish c…
380 wordsSECTION 147Zechariah 13:3
Zechariah 13:3 Ver. 3. And it shall come to pass, [that] when any shall yet prophesy,.... Or attempt to prophesy, or propagate their idolatrous religion and principles after this time, when they shall be abundantly detected and exposed: then his father and his mother that begat him; of whom he is born, and who, as hi…
224 wordsSECTION 148Zechariah 13:4
Zechariah 13:4 Ver. 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed, everyone of his vision, when he hath prophesied,.... He shall be ashamed of the doctrines he has delivered, they will appear to all men so ridiculous and absurd; as the doctrines of merit, and the works of supererogatio…
447 wordsSECTION 149Zechariah 13:5
Zechariah 13:5 Ver. 5. But he shall say, I [am] no prophet,.... That he is not of the Romish clergy, or of any of their religious orders, having laid aside his habit: I [am] an husbandman; he shall put on the habit of a husbandman, and work for his bread; for he will not be able to support himself, as before, with th…
208 wordsSECTION 150Zechariah 13:6
Zechariah 13:6 Ver. 6. And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands?.... That is, if thou art not a prophet, what is the meaning of these wounds in thine hands? which design either those his father and mother had given him, when they thrust him through for being a false prophet, Zec 13:3 or the…
452 wordsSECTION 151Zechariah 13:7
Zechariah 13:7 Ver. 7. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,.... Not Judas Maccabeus, slain in battle by Bacchis {w}, as Grotius fancies; but Christ, Jehovah's Shepherd; for these are the words of Jehovah the Father, concerning his Son, whom he calls "my Shepherd"; because he has a property in him, as well as in the fl…
1,373 wordsSECTION 152Zechariah 13:8
Zechariah 13:8 Ver. 8. And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the Lord,.... Either in all the land of Israel, as Kimchi interprets it; or rather in all the world, as Aben Ezra and others; for this prophecy seems to have respect, not to the calamities of the Jews at the destruction of Jerusalem, after…
270 wordsSECTION 153Zechariah 13:9
Zechariah 13:9 Ver. 9. And I will bring the third part through the fire,.... Into tribulation, as the Targum explains it; or into great distresses, comparable to fire, as Kimchi observes; this is the hour of temptation that will be in the Philadelphian church state, Re 3:10. Daniel's time of trouble, such as there nev…
359 wordsSECTION 154Zechariah 14:1
Zechariah 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 14 This chapter treats of the coming of Christ with all his saints, and his personal appearance among them; and of the signs of the times before that; and of what shall befall the enemies of the church, both open and secret; and of the happy state and condition of the church i…
501 wordsSECTION 155Zechariah 14:2
Zechariah 14:2 Ver. 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle,.... Meaning not the Romans, in the time of Vespasian, for they were not all nations; nor did a part of the city only go into captivity then, but the whole; nor did any remain in it: it seems right to refer it to the gathering of the king…
375 wordsSECTION 156Zechariah 14:3
Zechariah 14:3 Ver. 3. Then shall the Lord go forth,.... Out of his place in heaven, either in person, or by the display of his power; that is, the Lord Jesus Christ; whose name is called the Word of God, and is the King of kings, and Lord of lords, described as a mighty warrior, Re 19:11, &c.: and fight against thos…
160 wordsSECTION 157Zechariah 14:4
Zechariah 14:4 Ver. 4. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,.... Where he often was in the days of his flesh, and from whence he ascended to heaven, Lu 21:37 but here he did not appear at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem; wherefore this must refer to a time to come; and seeing it is ce…
585 wordsSECTION 158Zechariah 14:5
Zechariah 14:5 Ver. 5. And ye shall flee [to] the valley of the mountains,.... To seek for shelter and safety in them, for fear of the Lord, and the glory of his majesty, whom every eye shall see, Isa 2:19: for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal; a name of a place not known; it may be thought to be at …
361 wordsSECTION 159Zechariah 14:6
Zechariah 14:6 Ver. 6. And it shall come to pass in that day,.... Which shall precede the coming of Christ, both his spiritual and personal reign; for what follows will not agree with either state: [that] the light shall not be clear [nor] dark; before the latter day glory it will be a darkish dispensation; not "clea…
367 wordsSECTION 160Zechariah 14:7
Zechariah 14:7 Ver. 7. But it shall be one day,.... A very singular, remarkable, and uncommon one; and it will be but one day; things will not continue long in such a position: which shall be known to the Lord; all times and seasons are known unto the Lord, but this will come under his special notice and observation,…
338 wordsSECTION 161Zechariah 14:8
Zechariah 14:8 Ver. 8. And it shall be in that day, [that] living waters shall go out from Jerusalem,.... When it shall be light; and this is one of the things which will make it so; for by "living waters" are meant the Gospel, and the doctrines of it; compared to running "waters" for the sound of them, which will the…
442 wordsSECTION 162Zechariah 14:9
Zechariah 14:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth,.... This refers to the spiritual reign of Christ in the latter day; upon the success of the Gospel everywhere, there will be great conversions in all places; Gospel churches will be set up and ordinances administered everywhere; the earth will be fi…
347 wordsSECTION 163Zechariah 14:10
Zechariah 14:10 Ver. 10. All the land shall be turned as a plain,.... That is, all the land of Israel round about Jerusalem, which was encompassed with mountains, Ps 125:2 but now these mountains shall become a plain, that that may be seen; since it follows, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; Geba was a city in …
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.