Zechariah 12:2

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

people. peoples.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a (b) cup of trembling to all the people around, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerus...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah begins here to teach us what I have briefly explained, that Jerusalem would be under the protection of God, who would render it safe...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A cup of trembling— That is, I will cause it to produce the same effect on the neighbouring nations as a cup of intoxicating liquors, which causes...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about ,.... The Targum renders it, "a vessel full of inebriating liquor;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Je...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling “An inebriating and stupifying potion of the strongest liquor and drugs. Jerusalem shall strike th...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Deliverance of Judah and Jerusalem (vv. 1-9) In this chapter Judah is mentioned five times, Jerusalem ten times. All in this chapter (as...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah's Solicitude for Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling, a vessel filled with the intoxicating beverage of His wrath, unto all the people round about, the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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² Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of tremblinga unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 12:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 12:2