.» firſt point to the four Horns, of which ver. 18, 19. as if he quiry, Hr Po 1. Lock you, there are four Horns which have done ſhould have yo - none had either Strength Miſchief to 7 - lift up the head 3 and thus theſe Horns proudly and or _ ov'd my People. p Theſe Carpenters or Smithsare Em- cruelly deitroy God will employ in breaking theſe De-
Inſtruments — — are four Carpenters to break the four Horns. q To
. hem firſt; theſe Kingdoms ſignified by Horns, _ s # Then their Authority and Power ſhall be =- _ eaſily. s Heathen round about Fudea. # Have employ'd
heir Arms and Strength againſt, # The whole Kingdom of Fudah, oi a's People. x To drive them out of God's Inheritance, See
ver. 19. lets de
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The Viſion of meaſuring Feruſalem, ſheweth God's care of it, 1 —5. Zion in captivity, is exhorted to repair home : her enemies deſtruion threat-
ned, 6—9+. Apromiſe of God's preſence in the midſt of her, 10—13.
2 lift up mine eyes.again 6, and looked c, and behold J 2 man d with a meaturing-line in his hand i;
1 Zechariah, b This is the chirs Emblem, or Viſion he had ſeen. c Very diligently, and inregily. 4 Ore in form ofa Man; ſome ſay *rwas Chriſt, others ſay a Type of Nehemiah ; 1t was an Emblem of ſome Maſter-builder to be ſure, and *tis probable the Propher took him for no more than a Man. e He appear'd ready and pre- pard to lay out the Plarform of Fer»ſalem for Extent, Form and
Beauty» : 2 Then ſaid I, Whither goeſt thou f * And he faid unto me, To * meaſure g Jeruſalem h, to ſee what 7s
' the breadth thereof, and what zs the length thereof.
F It is evident, the Prophet did not in fo bold a manner enquire before, which may poſſibly be for that he apprehended this Man to be one lefſer than an Angel; nor doth he ask the meamiog of this Hieroglyphick z but underſtanding what 1t meant, the Prophet en- quires only where the Platform was to be laid. g To take the ex- at Dimenſions of it, that it may anſwer God's Promiſe, and be ca- pable to receive its Inhabitants. h The City which was to be builr kereafter, but firſt the Temple is to be built,
3 And behold , the apgel that talked z with me, 'went forth k, and another angel / went out to meet him 22. ; | | |
; The great and glorious Angel, 7. e. Chriſt Jeſus himſelf, which had ſo long talked with Zechariah. &þ From the midit of the Myr-
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Men that need be awakned. b Set upon your Journey for your own Country and City, come out from your captive Priſons. c Make all the haſte you poſſibly can, and flee as Men do who are purſued with danger ; as Men thar are earneſtly bent to get out of harms way, as the Man-ſlayer to the City of Refuge : Heb. hath only And flee, but our Tranſlators have by that guciſed at what might El! up the Ex- preſſion, and read Come forth, &c, d Babylon, which lay North to Canaan. e As I executed my Threats in ſcattering you, ſo JT will perform my Promiſe,and gather you from all Quarters of the World ariſe, come away therefore. hs
7 Deliver f thy ſelf, O Zion g, that dwelleth þ with the daughter of Babylon z.
f The Proclamation for free return is publiſhed, up then and be gone. g O ye People who ſhould dwell in Sion, ye Daughters cf Ston. h Keepeſt in Babylon when thou mighteſt go to feruſalem. 7 Perhaps this 1ntimates that which kept many Jews in Balylon, Wives or Miſtreſſes.
s For # thus faith the LORD of hoſts, After the
glory hath he ſent me unto the nations. which ſpoiled
you ; for he that * toucketh you, toucheth the apple of
his eye.
k Some refer this tro what went before, as a Reaſon why the Zews ſhould return, for God hath commanded it : I think 'tis an Encon- ragement to the Fews to return, becauſe God had promiſed to make them a Glory, and now afſures them that he will take a very parti- cular Care of them ; therefore ſends his Son as a Judge, or Vindex, againſt the Nations that had ſpoiled the Jews, or God ſends his Son to them to inform them thar 'tis their Intereſt to unite with the Fews, and become the People of God, and be Partakers of the Glory and Satety of God's Iſrael, However, to let them underſtand thae "twill be dangerous to do Violence to Jſ-ael, as it would be dangerons co any one to violate what is moit dear ro him that can deſtroy the Oftender ; to tell them Jae! is the Apple of God's Eye.
9 For behold, I will ſhake /mine hand »- upon them #;
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/ Or lift up. m My Power and Strength. = Againſt the Nation and Kingdom that doth Violence to the People, who zre my Glory, and I ai theirs, ſaith the Lord. o Thoſe People who comply not with him whom God ſendeth. þ Shall be overthrown and ſpoiled, and be- come a Prey. 4 The Fews who were firſt.ſpoiled by, and then made Servants to the Nations who conquered, captivated, and kard ly uſed the Fews ; and indeed this fulfilled in Efther's days, and in the 2£:c- cabees times. r Either Jews, or Heathen, or both. s Beconvinced and own it. # The great and faithful God, « hath commiſſioned Chriſt fo inform them who are to make their choice what to do herein.
God : They that had been in great and long Captivity. x To exe- cute Judgments on thine Adverfaries, ro compleat thy Deliverance and Salvation : I coine as foretold and promiſed, in the Diſpenſari- ons of Providence among the Nations, in the Performance or” Yro- miſes to you my People. a Pitch my Tabernacle, nay build my #a- biration and Houſe, and reſide in it; give you my Ordinances, my
tle-trees, where he was firſt ſeen z whither he is going 1s not ſaid; perhaps to ſtand by, dire, and encourage the Perſon that was going to meaſure Feruſalem. 1 A created Angel, or a Miniſterial Angel, as became his Office, offers his Service to Chriſt. m2 Who 1s Lord of
Angels, = And ſaid 7 unto him. Run o, ſpeak to this young
man, ſaying, Jeruſalem p ſhall be inhabited g as towns 7 without walls, for the multitude of men and cattel s
therein. -