Zechariah 2:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

After the glory hath he sent me— He that dwelleth in the glory, or the pillar of light, hath sent me. The latter part of the verse is emphatically expressive of the tender care and paternal regard which God hath for those who love him. As the sight of the eye is, by God's care and wise providence, fenced about and guarded from harm by the eye-lids, and by its deep situation, no wonder that this admirable provision for the safety of so valuable an organ is considered, both here and in other parts of Scripture, as an emblem of the divine protection: see Psalms 17:8 and Deuteronomy 32:10. This care of providence for the defence and preservation of the eyesight is most elegantly described by Cicero in his second book De Nat. Deorum, and well deserves reading.