"He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Jehovah, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. That which he shall bear, which he shall undertake, shall be indeed the glory of Israel; and they must wait for that, and, in prospect of it, must be content in the want of that external glory which they formerly had. The effort of Grotius to lower this to Zerubbabel is mischievous; and a grievous thing that Dr. Blayney should acquiesce in an unbelief too strong not only for many a learned Rabbi, but even for such rationalists as Gesenius and Hitzig, who deny not the Messianic reference. Moore makes it refer to His growing lowly in His place of obscurity, "as a tender plant and a root out of a dry ground" (Isa 53:2), for thirty years unknown except as the son of a carpenter. Consequently we hear of each inviting his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. "Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and the rest eat every one the flesh of another." CRITICAL NOTES.] Whereas at most it can only apply to Christians now while Israel is disowned; and strictly speaking seems only applied in scripture to that portion of the Jews who believe while the rest refuse the Messiah. So the author of Hebrews said that Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchizedek, which is actually a superior order of priesthood than that of Levi.Now here is the crowing of the priest as king. "They did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah. Worse evil threatened than . And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits." The prophet never intimates such language for the earth any more than the New Testament puts such figures as theirs in our mouth. The vision first introduced to us the prophet has by night: indeed the same thing applies to the first six chapters where we have a series of visions which the prophet beheld in a single night, and which traverse in that kind of outline the course of God's ways from their setting aside for the time as His people till their restoration to the land with their city and temple under Messiah. It is the Hebrew for the Greek Jesus. It was not so when Ptolemy Soter took the city about B.C. There is the presence of an angelic communicator and interpreter. We look onward to the day when the multitude of her inhabitants will break all bounds; and, instead of vassalage under Persian or Greek or Roman masters, they will have Jehovah Himself their fortress and wall of defence. All this part is sufficiently clear. For thus saith Jehovah of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you." (k) T. Hieros. It would be hard to wish for a finer instance of scripture exactitude where all is perfect. "And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said unto me, What seest thou? Those horns were being pursued by four craftsmen or smiths. Nothing since bears the smallest likeness to the prophecy. "They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, Jehovah is my God." That is, there are certain figures in the Bible that are used consistently through the Bible. All rights reserved. The earthly fact and the destruction of foes were mentioned in the former part; another and higher fact with its consequences falls under the latter. Now the prophet looks at Jehovah coming with His holy ones not so much here to fight a battle, but His saints coming with Him. The government is upon his shoulders, and in it he bears the glory,Isaiah 9:6. The closest relationship is as nothing in presence of sin and God as its judge. (o) That is, of himself without the help of man. And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. I think that all who so take it mistake the true bearing, not of this passage only, but of the then situation. For a memorial of these men, the crown is to be kept in the temple of Jehovah. Zechariah 12 Commentary Verse 6 Strength Given to Judah So, the timeline so far seems to be that God brings these godless nations to attack Jerusalem. And this is peculiar to Joshua the high priest, that here was something done to him by the divine appointment on purpose that he might be a type of Christ, a priest after the order of Melchizedek, who was both a king and a priest. "Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth," or rather land. The priesthood belongs to Levi. And to anoint Joshua, the son of the high priest, or to place this crown upon his head, and then to prophesy concerning the coming King, the Branch. Potter] As worthless. 320, nor when Antiochus the Great took it B.C. Neither its final destruction by Titus, nor the move of Bar-Cochba under Hadrian, calls for lengthened remarks, as they are obviously different. Out of Davids root, tribe and family, says Adam Clarke. The significant ceremony which God appointed, and that was the coronation of Joshua the high priest, Zechariah 6:10; Zechariah 6:11. Beracot, fol. Christ alone then has been chosen by the Father to build this temple. "In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree." I like to deal with the facts, and just stick with the facts. The principle is one thing, their territorial possessions another. And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold." There is no more real difficulty here than in the statue or the four beasts seen to emerge together when the winds strove on the great waters there. This was the second of the world powers, and two more were to follow as we see here. it is answered, among others, his name is the "Branch"; as it is said, "behold the man whose name is the Branch; he shall grow up out of his place": elsewhere (m) they speak of five letters doubled, which are the foundation of deliverance to certain persons, or point thereat. Zechariah here linked the message of those two visions to the messianic King-Priest. If this is apprehended, it may serve to make distinctions plain, which are all-important to him who would understand the divine chart of unfulfilled as well as fulfilled prophecy. The crowns were delivered to those who found the materials (and some think their names were engraven on the crowns), to be preserved as a public testimony of their pious liberality and an encouragement to others in like manner to bring presents to the house of God. 2. It is a literal fact, I suppose, but highly significant of spiritual blessing at the same time. Psalms 2:6; Isaiah 3:24-26; cf. [Note: Merrill, p. But it is plain that in the latter half of Zechariah the first two chapters are on the surface distinct from what follows. This was having then a partial accomplishment on the fall of Babylon, but the fulfilment in the strict sense of the word awaits another day; and we may enquire why, before we close with Zechariah. God has prepared him a throne in the heavens; and, if we would have any benefit by that, we must prepare him a throne in our hearts, and be willing and glad that he should sit and rule upon that throne; and to him every thought within us must be brought into obedience. grown up out of his place; nor did he build a temple, from which Then said I, What come these to do? Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal farther than Haggai in giving God's testimony about these powers. Russia will indeed oppose to the last the powers of the west; as it will also be destroyed by the distinct judgment of God (Ezekiel 38:1-23; Ezekiel 39:1-29) at a different time and in a somewhat different way from the antichristian coalition. Zechariah 11:12. Till then the Jews will be harassed and threatened. They are only the effect of an editor's effort to give the sense, and are sometimes mistaken, as I believe the fact is here. And the crowns shall be to Helem, and Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD ( Zechariah 6:14 ). Tell Joshua that he is but the figure of one that is to come, a faint shadow of him (Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 6:12): Speak unto him in the name of the Lord of hosts, that the man whose name is The BRANCH shall grow up out of his place, out of Bethlehem the city of David, the place appointed for his birth; though the family be a root in a dry ground, yet this branch shall spring out of it, as in the spring, when the sun returns, the flowers spring out of the roots, in which they lay buried out of sight and out of mind. And where there are aspects where I do not fully understand, then I like to just say, "This is something that I don't fully understand. Because they don't want any part of the Jewish state. 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001; 1000 10; short scale: one . Now these do not fit with the four horses in the book of Revelation, chapter 6. The grisled are seen to push their way southward, which may indicate the full establishment of the empire by the battle of Actium, which decided the fate of the world in that day. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. I hope to be in that crew; I just hope that I don't be ordered to use a framing claw hammer. The Jews then ceased to be openly and formally the people of God. We must always remember that the man of sin, or the Antichrist, is inside Jerusalem; he is nowhere said to besiege it, for it is too submissive to him as "the king." This in no way whatever interferes with His having persons in the midst who had living faith There were such who by grace looked for the woman's Seed before the call of the people of God or their first father Abraham. "Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands." These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." They are vivid figures of judgment on the outward strength and the dignity of the Jews. Under Messiah men will go on living and last out the whole millennial reign. What, lastly, is to hinder Jehovah's cutting off the war-horse from Jerusalem, while the horses employed in peace bear the stamp that their masters are wholly devoted to His name? When Antichrist was suddenly overwhelmed, the Jews took no part whatever in that most solemn act. Where did he come from? Even now they are working in Christendom; but what will it be when God gives men up to strong delusion that they should believe falsehood, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved? 2. Note, That which God requires of us, to qualify us for his favour, is obedience to his revealed will; and it must be a diligent obedience. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit . 124. Evang. And not only should this blessedness be for Israel, but "in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you." Meanwhile we come into the blessing for heaven we who believe on Him, our life hid in God. "Who art thou, O great mountain? The white, signify the return of comfort, peace, and prosperity. Consequently here it is applied to Him. One may lament but need not be surprised at such a version as Mr. Leeser's who uses the transition from the first to the third person as a reason for interpolating as well as changing the natural import of the clause. The future should not be overlooked. it is answered, among others, his name is the "Branch"; as it is said, "behold the man whose name is the Branch; he shall grow up out of his place": elsewhere m they speak of five letters doubled, which are the foundation of deliverance to certain persons, or point thereat. Give the Gift of Bible Study Tools PLUS! The land was smitten by the foe. He gives it thus: "They will look up towards me (for every one) whom they have thrust through." From Isaiah the application is unquestionable; and in Luke 1:1-80 we see the Septuagintal alternative, , as is commonly known. From verse 16 we have the regulation of the homage imposed on the residue of those hostile nations during the kingdom. Thus their state is outwardly deplorable. This was reserved for the new section. Again it must not be forgotten that the proper national history of Israel closed with the captivity, and that after their return it was only a provisional state in the mercy of God here and elsewhere guaranteed, while waiting for the Messiah. Jerusalem thus, as the city of the great King, is the religious metropolis of the earth; and there all must be at least represented year by year. The prophet accordingly in a symbolical method, which shows us the same hand and mind as the earlier part of the book where it abounds, proceeds to explain how it came to pass. We hence see that Christ is called Branch, because his beginning was contemptible, so that he was of hardly any repute among heathens; nay even among his own nation. "You shall have the benefit and comfort of all those promises if you make conscience of your duty." "And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth." (Zech 14:12) Jesus' Temptations Article Images Copyright 2022 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. "In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness." "And many nations shall be joined to Jehovah in that day." And Jehovah said unto Satan, Jehovah rebuke thee, O Satan; even Jehovah that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? the Targum paraphrases the words. They could no longer be called His people in the formal sense now, but those who had lost the title of it were nevertheless maintained in His gracious consciousness of care, as they will surely have that title given again in a better way by and by. This then was the ground on which the Jews stood for the present. The volume explores the rich and complex reception history of the last six Minor Prophets in Jewish and Christian exegesis, theology, worship, and arts. The siege has taken place, with the king of the north at the head of all these nations. This is the enemy who comes and takes the Word away before it has a chance to take root.Now, if you will follow the expositional constancy, you'll be all right in the understanding of parables, of visions, and dreams in the Bible. 1. But the easterns are described as very particularly notorious for their abundance of fine and showy cavalry. "And Jehovah showed me four carpenters. 5. The very pots, the humblest utensils in Jehovah's house, "shall be like the bowls before the altar" those that were most holy. This, of course the end of the age, is to bring in the full time of blessing for Jerusalem, out of that furnace of affliction, when all nations hang around with open mouth to devour, but in vain. It is the reversal of all past history "and he died," "and he died." [Note: Unger, pp. Onomastic. "I will bring it forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name." But a fresh sight presents itself. For a generous mind and a humble one would surely shrink from pronouncing on others unless divine authority interposed and made it simply a duty. He would have them confide in Him. It is quite possible that Jeremiah may have predicted the same thing, and that Zechariah may have written what Jeremiah predicted, without affirming that this is the solution of the difficulty. Zechariah 12:7. God's Favor to Zion. ", But Zechariah 11:1-17 is still more solemn, and brings other and deeper elements into the final scene. They will be in circumstances of danger and difficulty until the Lord has won the final victory for them. What then is the house of God which Christ built? In Christ's first coming he bruised the serpent's head, and broke all the powers of darkness that fought against God's kingdom among men. It is enough to notice these facts by the way, in order not to be detained by such external points, while Biding any who may be perplexed by such an objection. Then] Certain privileges. "Immediately following the overthrow of Gentile world power by the earth judgments symbolized by the horsed chariots (Zechariah 6:1-8) occurs the manifestation of Christ in His kingdom glory (Zechariah 6:9-15) typified by the crowning of Joshua the high priest. It is absurdly wrong to dislocate verse 7 from verse 6, as if a time wholly different were intended. The same who revealed Himself of old to the fathers, to Moses, Joshua, and others; so did He now according to the circumstance and need of the remnant. Here we have the full course of the Gentile powers: clear if an allusion to Daniel 2:1-49 and Daniel 7:1-28, but hardly intelligible otherwise. Their repentance and faith in the crucified Messiah (cf. I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? The same spirit which owns God's complacency in what is little will have honour from God in the great day, and none others. Then Jehovah summarily puts down the pride and power of all their enemies. The Lord here promises to strengthen the house of Judah, and save the house of Joseph. For instance, in metals brass is consistently used as a metal that symbolizes the judgment of God. I do not believe in doing that; I do not practice that, because I feel that anybody's guess is as good as mine, and I don't like to guess when I'm dealing with the Word of God. The cross was his glory, and he bore that; so was the crown an exceeding weight of glory, and he bears that. In truth, properly speaking, this is not the scheme of prophecy at all. The work, however, will go farther back still; it will mount right up to the beginning. He is now a priest after the order of Melchisedec; He will then exercise it in all its fulness of meaning (not as now Aaronically in the holiest, but) coming forth with refreshment for the conquerors over the hostile powers of the earth, blessing the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth (manifestly so then), and blessing man, Himself the channel and security of all blessing for ever. "That day" fairly and fully interpreted cannot be short of His manifested kingdom over the earth, when Israel is restored to the land, and the nations, having undergone in one form, and in another continuing to undergo, the solemn judgment of the quick, learn righteousness under His reign, and bow to the holy pleasure which Jehovah takes once more and for ever in His chosen city. If God uses symbolic language, if there is a basis in other scriptures for the symbolic language, then you can interpret it by the symbolism, as long as you have a constant base. He does not speak of Joshua; he does not say, Thou art the man; but he says, Behold the man, whose name is Branch, that is, who comes elsewhere. It seems plain that the man who stood among the myrtle trees is no other than the angel of Jehovah, familiar to us elsewhere "And they answered the angel of Jehovah that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. p. 47. So there can be an interpreting of the various colors symbolically if it calls for a symbolic interpretation from the constancy there. The comparison therefore with the latter chapter really compels to the inference that both await the public reign of Christ over the land. Then say to him, Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the Lord . They are of the feeling and opinion that the Jewish state has no right to exist until the Messiah comes and builds their temple. And now, with these nations weakened by the Lord himself, Judah is going to go on the offensive. It may go on if God so please to hinder the inroads of the enemy; but in fact an empty state always exposes to the return of the old evil. "And his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth." In this case, as we have seen, not only was the beast destroyed who rose up against the Lamb, but now the open and earthly enemies of Israel. the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened." Between these two there will be atsath shalom. Zechariah 6:12 Commentaries: "Then say to him, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the LORD. Babylon's doom therefore would belong to Babylon's sins; and none the less if done in Israel. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me." 2. n De Confus. Who is Melchizedek? This is the more remarkable, because Greece was then coming forward and soon going to overthrow the Persian master of Israel; but the day comes when the sons of Zion shall surely overthrow Greece If this has never yet been, it remains to be. They are the instrumentality God will use to overthrow the powers that He was pleased to raise up in His sovereignty for the chastening of Israel. And the prophet is as ready to tell them the meaning of it. Zechariah not only speaks of this temple here, but also in Zechariah 4:9, as Haggai had done before him, in Haggai 2:6-9, which puts the correctness of our explanation of these passages beyond the reach of doubt. Zechariahs words, spoken on behalf of God, further indicate that the crown rightly belonged to Zerubbabel; for though the words were addressed to Joshua they applied to Zerubbabel. of both Kennicott and of De Rossi. But after three and a half years, when the temple is built and he returns to the temple, he will then reveal his true identity through his blasphemy. The Lord Jesus will appear on both these occasions and take the lead in them, first of all from heaven dealing with the beast and the false prophet, then on the earth and now as the king of Israel, though in an infinitely glorious way, disposing of the Assyrian at the head of all the combined nations who were not destroyed with the beast. III. Zerubbabel, not Joshua, was Gods choice to build the restoration temple (Zechariah 4:9-10), but Messiah, whom Joshua prefigured, would build the future temple for Yahweh (cf. 4 I will send it out, declares the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter the house of the thief, and the house of e him who swears falsely by my name. They brought their gold and silver, to be employed about the temple, but God ordered it to be used in honour of One greater than the temple,Matthew 12:6. This gives occasion accordingly to the prophet for a new communication from God. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Anything short of the Messiah is altogether inapt. Assyria, as we have frequently seen, will be represented by the king of the north where the Ottoman Porte is now I do not say properly or formally Russian, but certainly a power in league with Russia, subservient to its policy and maintained by its influence. This clearly marks when the accomplishment must be, even when the glory of Jehovah shall be manifested in this world. It is assumed that it is possible to disagree agreeably and intelligently and comments that intend to increase overall understanding are particularly encouraged. There may be, there is often, the utmost zeal for an external institution where the heart is far from Him. Zechariah 11:2. The second chapter lets us know that, whatever God may tell us about others, His heart is always occupied with Jerusalem. It shows how impossible it is that God should be overcome of evil, and that the abuse of a good thing when judged He replaces by a better in His mercy. The Lord does not give a clear enough interpretation that we can know for certain what the Lord is speaking about on these various colored horses that go through the earth. But I turned, and I lifted up my eyes, and I looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass ( Zechariah 6:1 ). But here we are in presence of the kingly powers which successively ravaged Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem (verse 19). Or, rather, (2.) And I am very sore displeased with the heathen." That is, to Joshua the high priest, having the crowns on his There was no groundwork therefore for gathering the peoples. The Church, founded on faith in Him, dedicated by His Blood, stablished by the stayedness of divine virtue, adorned with divine and eternal riches, wherein the Lord ever dwelleth., The vision is now explained; for if the chief priest, without this explanation, had been adorned with two crowns, there must have been much talk among the people, What means this? God here shows that what he has commanded to be done to Joshua does not belong to him, but has a reference to another, Thou shalt say to him, Behold the Man, Branch is his name. They will play the part of Phinehas now in indignation at what dishonours the Lord. He is now the rejected King, a priest, the great high priest undoubtedly, but on His Father's throne, not yet on His own, as He Himself expressly declares and distinguishes in Revelation 3:21. Then we enter on two great burdens: the first of them running on from Zechariah 9:1-17 to the end of Zechariah 11:1-17; and the next taking up some special features of chapter 11, which are expanded in the last burden to the end of the book. It is really painful to see how Catholics like C. a Lapide and Protestants like Venema pare down the glorious hopes of Israel to the circumstances of the Maccabean times. The glory of the priesthood and royalty had been divided between the house of Aaron and that of David; but now he alone shall bear all the glory of both. Zechariah supposes himself addressing Jehovah in these words. So it isn't, you can't tie those two, really, together. This again seems to confirm the idea that it is the idolatrous evil of the Jew derived from and sent back to Babylon. "The burden of the word of Jehovah for Israel, saith Jehovah." Copyright 2022, Bible Study Tools. "Flock of the slaughter" means those of Israel that men devoted to persecution, to whom the Lord's heart specially turned: "Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not." "Take unto thee the instruments of a foolish shepherd. For the Most High Acts 7:48-49, Stephen says, dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet; Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool; what house will ye build Me, saith the Lord? For if they could have built a house for God, He would not have allowed His house to be burned and overthrown. He shall bear the glory, And shall sit and rule on His throne; So He shall be a priest on His throne, And the counsel of peace shall be between them both . But there will be a vast development, and with it may be great rapidity. It is only prejudice which compels any one to bring in here the church; for the theme is clearly the kingdom, and embraces the Jews as His people on earth, as the temple is clearly that described in Ezekiel, not the New Testament habitation of God in the Spirit. 50. By the realization of what is indicated in this symbolical proceeding, Israel will perceive that the speaker has been sent to them by the Lord of hosts; that is to say, not that Zechariah has spoken by the command of God, but that the Lord has sent the angel of Jehovah. thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; which is not to be understood of Zerubbabel, as some Jewish writers interpret it; for he was not "the Branch", by way of eminency, much less that righteous Branch of David, called the Lord our righteousness, Jeremiah 23:5 the same that is here meant; besides, he was already grown up out of his place; nor did he build a temple, from which he had great glory; nor was he either king or priest, only governor of Judah; and, however, not both, as this person is represented to be; and who is no other than the Messiah; and so the Targum paraphrases the words. The object of this is not merely "to guard it against profanation, and perpetuate the remembrance of the givers" (Kliefoth); but this action has also a symbolical and prophetic meaning, which is given in Zechariah 6:15 in the words, "Strangers will come and build at the temple of the Lord." Forest] Lit. The condition of the Jews made it no longer a question of accomplishing this great and blessed purpose of His kingdom. *The attempt of some freethinking Germans and others to make out two authors, if not more, by a comparison ofZechariah 9:1-17; Zechariah 9:1-17; Zechariah 10:1-12 with 14 seems quite as futile as usual. That Christ shall bear the glory. As yet it was the blessed sign only; the shadow and not the substance for the Jews till Jesus come and reign. Now it is clear that all this has a general character. "E leco suo humili", Hiller. 6: 18 is as dismal a specimen of forcing scripture as anything forged by the mind of a rationalist. 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