Zechariah 2:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. ”

• Zechariah 2:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For behold I will shake My hand against them - As God promised of old against the enemies of His people , and they shall be a spoil to those who served them habitually. And ye shall know that...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  For, behold, I will shake my hand (l) upon them, and (m) they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath (n) sent me. (l) Upon the heathen your enemies. (m) T...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  their servants . their own slaves.

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Christ continues to relate the commands of the Father: for he speaks in his person, when he says, Behold, I shake my hand over them, that is, enemies; and they shall be a prey to their own...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. I will shake mine hand upon them - I will threaten f...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I will shake mine hand upon them— I will extend mine hand against them. Houbigant.

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon the...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. (7) Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them ,.... The nations; either the Babylonian, or the antichristian states; meaning, that he would exert his power, and inflict punishment on them, and utter...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. Ver. 9. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ho, Ho! Ye sleepy Jews, come forth Come out from your prisons; and flee Make all the haste you can, from the land of the north From Chaldea, and Babylon, the chief city of it, which lay north...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Zion Invited to Liberty. B. C. 520.       6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I will shake, or lift up, mine hand, my power and strength, upon them; against the nation and kingdom that doth violence to the people who are my glory, and I am theirs, saith the Lord. They, tho...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 2:6 . North ] Babylon, north of Jerusalem; an address to such Jews as still remained there, through infirmity, ties of property, &c. The urgency of the call denot...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I have spread you abroad, etc Soul-exile This is a call of Jehovah to the Jews in Babylonian captivity to return to their own land. These words may illustrate the moral exile of humanity. The...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 39:10 ; Habakkuk 2:17 ; Habakkuk 2:8 ; Isaiah 10:32 ; Isaiah 11:15 ; Isaiah 13:2 ; Isaiah 14:2 ; Isaiah 19:16 ; Isaiah 33:1 ; Isaiah 33:23 ; Jeremiah 27:7 ; Jeremiah 28:9 ; John...

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• Zechariah 2:9 - 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 2:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Upon them — Against the nation that doth violence to my people. Unto their servants — Unto the Jews, who were first spoiled by, and then made servants to them. Hath sent me — To inform them of my f...

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