Zechariah 3:2

rebuke thee. Compare Jude 1:9.

hath chosen. bath now and heretofore chosen.

is not this... ? i.e. have. not plucked, &c. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

a brand, &c. Compare Amos 4:11.

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The Lord — Christ, as a mediator, rather chuses to rebuke him in his father's name, than in his own. Is not this — Joshua.

² And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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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

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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