Zechariah 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. ”

• Zechariah 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And many nations shall join themselves - cleaving to Him by a close union. Isaiah had so spoken of single proselytes Isaiah 56:3-6 ; Jeremiah had used the word of Israel’s self-exhortation after...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  A Collection of Fragments. Zechariah 2:6 f. bids the Jews scattered through the Persian empire escape to Jerusalem, where they will be safe when the judgment comes upon Persia. The north in Jere...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  many nations , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 12:49 ; Numbers 9:14 ). App-92.

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet describes here the voluntary surrender of the nations, who would so join themselves to the Church of God, as to disown their own name and to count themselves Jews: and this is what...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. Many nation...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Zechariah 2:10-11 .— Hitherto nothing has appeared to indicate the angel to be more than what the name usually imports, an ordinary messenger of God's will, and the agent of his providence. Nor...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. And...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Third Vision 1-5. 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...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 Pro...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 ; Zechariah 3:1-10 ; Zechariah 4:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:1-11 ; Zechariah 6:1-8 THE Visions of Zechariah do not lack those large and...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Redemption of Jerusalem Zechariah 1:18-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 The work of Temple-building had ceased for fifteen years and the new resolve to arise and build might meet with a similar fate....

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• Zechariah 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The vision of the measuring line reveals the condition of Jerusalem which will result from the overthrow of her enemies. The young man with a measuring line goes forth to measure the restored city, a...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. (11) And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: a...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day ,.... The Gospel will be preached in all nations, and multitudes will be converted, and embrace and profess the Christian religion, and join...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. Ver. 11....

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Sing and rejoice , &c. Here the prophet calls the daughter of Zion, or the whole Jewish nation, being redeemed and restored, to rejoice in the goodness showed them, and to proclaim the praises o...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Third Vision - A Man With a Measuring Line (vv. 1-5) Another vision draws the eyes of Zechariah-a man with a measuring line. Zechariah 1:16 told of a line being stretched upon Jerusalem. N...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Zion's Prosperity Predicted. B. C. 520.       10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for,...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Many nations, and great , Heb; it implieth both multitudes and greatness of nations; or, heathen and Gentiles, as the word beareth. Shall be joined to the Lord; become proselytes, inquire for, a...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Third Vision. The Man With The Measuring Line ( Zechariah 2:1-13 ). Having learned that nothing has been happening among the nations which will aid in the recovery of YHWH's people ( Zechariah...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 2:10 .] Summons to rejoice over God’s indwelling, and its happy results. Come ] at Messiah’s first advent, and more especially in his return in glory ( Jeremiah 1:1...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Zechariah 2:1-13 I. In this vision God presented to the prophet, and through him to the nation at large, the prospect and the assurance of the restoration of Jerusalem, and the re-establishment of...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 2:1 . Behold, a man with a measuring line. A young man, as in Zechariah 2:4 ; an angel in the form of a man, come to measure the streets, the wall, and temple of Jerusalem, as architect...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee The restorer of Israel and Judah Note that the name of “the Lord,” or “Jehovah,” is applied to two distinct persons; to Him who sends, and to Him...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Zechariah 2:1-38 § 5. The third vision: the man with the measuring line. Zechariah 2:1 ( Hebrews 2:5 .) I lifted up mine eyes again (comp. Zechariah 5:1 ; Zechariah 6...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Vision of the Man with the Measuring-Line. The second vision had pictured the overthrow of the enemies of the people of the Lord. But this defeat being administered, the growth of the Lord's Churc...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; Acts 28:28 ; Exodus 12:49 ; Ezekiel 33:33 ; Isaiah 11:10 ; Isaiah 11:9 ; Isaiah 19:24 ; Isaiah 19:25 ; Isaiah 2:2-5 ; Isaiah 42:1-4 ; Isaiah 45:14 ; Isaiah 4...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Man and the Measuring Line Zechariah 2:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the Book of Ezekiel, chapter 40, we have Ezekiel's vision which in some respects parallels the one in Zechariah. Ezekiel i...

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• Zechariah 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Shall be joined — Shall worship the God of Israel. In that day — When Christ shall come in the flesh, and take down the partition wall. Sent me — The Messiah.

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