O "Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. (8) And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. (9) In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. (10) And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. (11) Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. (12) And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. (13) Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof."
I do not presume to determine, but I humbly conceive that there is an allusion in this sacrifice of the Lord, to the One glorious Sacrifice, by the Lord Jesus Christ. And as this stone the Lord hath laid in Zion, though a rock to Israel, yet a stone of stumbling, and of offence to them that are not Israel; so all that follows in these verses corresponds to the same great truth. That very gospel, which is to some a savor of life unto life is to others a savor of death unto death. The year of the Lord's redeemed, is also the day of his vengeance. And the discovery of both is with Him, who undertakes to. search Jerusalem with candles. Reader! think of these solemn things! See those scriptures: Isaiah 28:16; 1Pe 2:6-8; 2 Corinthians 2:15-16; Isaiah 63:4.