Zechariah 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. ”

• Zechariah 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the Lord shall inherit Judah His portion - The inheritance of the Lord is the title which God commonly gave to Israel ( Deuteronomy 4:20 ; Deuteronomy 9:26 , Deuteronomy 9:29 ; 1 Samuel 26...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - 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 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall inherit... His portion. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:9 ). App-92. holy . See note on Exodus 3:5 . again . yet; as in Zechariah 1:17 . Not make. new choice, but demonstrate a...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet confirms the former doctrine, but removes offenses, which might have occurred to the Jews and prevented them from believing this prophecy: for they had been for a time rejected, so...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. The Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land - This is a promise of the final restoration...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land. Lest the joining of the Gentile...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (13) Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation." These...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land ,.... The Lord's people is his portion, and the lot of his inheritance; whom he has chosen, and calls as such, whether they be Jews or G...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Ver. 12. And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion ] Or his enclosure, his several, divided from...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The Lord; Jehovah, the God of Abraham and of his seed, who had cast off Judah, and seemed to quit his claim in his ancient inheritance, by a disseisin of seventy years. Shall inherit; claim, reco...

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• Zechariah 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - 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 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 32:9 ; Exodus 19:5 ; Exodus 19:6 ; Isaiah 41:9 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Jeremiah 51:19 ; Psalms 135:4 ; Psalms 82:8 ; Zechariah 1:17

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• Zechariah 2:12 - 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 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Shall inherit — Claim, recover, possess, and delight in, as a man doth in his paternal inheritance.

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