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Zechariah 12

Introduction

1  Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself,
3  and a burdensome stone to her adversaries.
6  The victorious restoring of Judah.
10  The repentance of Jerusalem.
Verse 1

The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Cir
A.M. 3504. B.C. 500. burden.
9:1, Lamentations 2:14, Malachi 1:1
for
Isaiah 51:22,23, Jeremiah 30:10,16, 50:34, Ezekiel 36:5-7, Joel 3:19,21, Obadiah 1:16,17
which
Job 26:7, Psalms 102:25,26, 104:2, 136:5,6, Isaiah 40:12,22, 42:5, Isaiah 44:24, 45:12,18, 48:13, 51:13, Jeremiah 10:12, 51:15, Hebrews 1:10-12
formeth
Genesis 2:7, Numbers 16:22, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Isaiah 57:16, Jeremiah 38:16, Ezekiel 18:4, Hebrews 12:9
Verse 2

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
a cup
Psalms 75:8, Isaiah 51:17,22,23, Jeremiah 25:15,17, 49:12, 51:7, Habakkuk 2:16, Revelation 14:10, 16:19, 18:6
trembling
or, slumber.
Jeremiah 51:57
or, poison
Jeremiah 8:14
when they, etc
or, and also against Judah shall he be, which shall be in siege against Jerusalem.
14:14
Verse 3

And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
in that
4,6,8,9,11, 2:8,9, 10:3-5, 13:1, 14:2,3,4,6,8,9,13, Isaiah 60:12, Isaiah 66:14-16, Ezekiel 38:1-39, Joel 3:8-16, Obadiah 1:18, Micah 5:8,15, Micah 7:15-17, Habakkuk 2:17, Zephaniah 3:19, Haggai 2:22
a burdensome
Daniel 2:34,35,44,45, Matthew 21:44, Luke 20:18
though
14:2,3, Micah 4:11-13, Revelation 16:14, 17:12-14, 19:19-21, 20:8,9
Verse 4

In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
that day
3,6,8,9,11, Isaiah 24:21
I will smite
10:5, 14:15, Deuteronomy 28:28, 2 Kings 6:14,18, Psalms 76:5-7, Ezekiel 38:4, 39:20
I will open
9:8, 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 6:20,40, 7:15, Nehemiah 1:6, Isaiah 37:17, Jeremiah 24:6, Daniel 9:18, Acts 17:30
Verse 5

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
the governors
6, Judges 5:9, Isaiah 1:10,23,26, 29:10, 32:1, 60:17, Jeremiah 30:21, 33:26, Ezekiel 45:8,9
The inhabitants, etc
or, There is strength to me, and to the inhabitants, etc.
10:6,12, Psalms 18:32,39, 20:6,7, 46:1, 68:34,35, 118:10-14, 144:1, Isaiah 28:6, 41:10-16, Joel 3:16, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10
Verse 6

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
like an hearth
Isaiah 10:16,17, Obadiah 1:18, Revelation 20:9
they
9:15, Psalms 149:6-9, Isaiah 41:15,16, Daniel 2:34,35,44,45, Micah 4:13, 5:5-8, Revelation 19:19,20
on the right
Isaiah 9:20, 54:3, 2 Corinthians 6:7
Jerusalem shall
1:16, 2:4,12, 8:3-5, 14:10,11, Nehemiah 11:1-36, Jeremiah 30:18, 31:38-40, Ezekiel 48:30-35
Verse 7

The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
save
4:6, 11:11, Isaiah 2:11-17, 23:9, Jeremiah 9:23,24, Matthew 11:25,26, Luke 1:51-53, Luke 10:21, John 7:47-49, Romans 3:27, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, 2 Corinthians 4:7-12, James 2:5, James 4:6
do
Job 19:5, Psalms 35:26, 38:16, 55:12
Verse 8

In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
defend
2:5, 9:8,15,16, Joel 3:16,17
he
Isaiah 30:26, Jeremiah 30:19-22, Ezekiel 34:23,24, Joel 3:10, Micah 5:8, 7:16, Hebrews 11:34
feeble
or, abject. Heb. fallen.
Isaiah 49:7, 53:3, Jeremiah 27:10, Micah 7:8
the house
Psalms 2:6,7, 45:6,7, 110:1,2, Isaiah 7:13,14, 9:6,7, Jeremiah 23:5,6, 33:15,16, Ezekiel 37:24-26, Hosea 1:7, 3:5, Micah 5:2-4, Matthew 1:23, John 17:21-23, Romans 1:3,4, 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, Revelation 22:13,16
as the
3:1,2, Genesis 22:15-17, 48:15,16, Exodus 23:20,21, Joshua 5:13,14, 2 Samuel 14:17-20, Isaiah 63:9, Hosea 12:3, Malachi 3:1, Acts 7:30-35
Verse 9

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
I will
2, Isaiah 54:17, Haggai 2:22
Verse 10

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
I will pour
Proverbs 1:23, Isaiah 32:15, 44:3,4, 59:19-21, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28,29, Acts 2:17,33, 10:45, 11:15, Titus 3:5,6
the house
the spirit
Psalms 51:12
of supplications
Jeremiah 31:9, 50:4, Romans 8:15,26, Ephesians 6:18, Jude 1:20
they shall look
That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his being pierced by the soldier's spear, we have the authority of the inspired apostle John for affirming; and this application agrees with the opinion of some of the ancient Jews, who interpret it of Messiah the son of David, as Moses Hadarson, on Ge ch. 28, though Jarchi and Abarbanel refer it to the death of Messiah the son of Joseph, whom they say was to be the suffering Messiah, while the former is to be the triumphant Messiah.
Psalms 22:16,17, John 1:29, 19:34-37, Hebrews 12:2, Revelation 1:7
they shall mourn
Jeremiah 6:26, Amos 8:10, Matthew 24:30, 26:75, Acts 2:37, 2 Corinthians 7:9-11
Verse 11

In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
as
2 Kings 23:29, 2 Chronicles 35:24
Verse 12

And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
the land
Jeremiah 3:21, 4:28, 31:18, Matthew 24:30, Revelation 1:7
every family apart
Heb. families, families.
Exodus 12:30
the family of the house of David apart
Jeremiah 13:18, Jonah 3:5,6
and their
7:3, Joel 2:16, 1 Corinthians 7:5
Nathan
2 Samuel 5:14, 7:2-4, 12:1, Luke 3:31
Verse 13

The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;
Levi
Exodus 6:16-26, Numbers 3:1-4, Malachi 2:4-9
Shimei
or, Simeon, as LXX.
2 Samuel 16:5, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Chronicles 3:19, 4:27, 23:7,10, 2 Chronicles 29:14
Verse 14

All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
and
Proverbs 9:12

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