Bible CommentariesE.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesZechariah 2
Verse 1
behold Figure of speech Asterismos App-6. man Hebrew. "ish App-14. Either the same or another angel. a measuring line. See note on Zechariah 1:16 and Compare Zechariah 2:2
Verse 4
this young man: i.e. the man of Zechariah 2:1. saying. Supply the logical Ellipsis (App-8), "saying [Stop! ]", for the reason given implies that measuring will be useless, owing to the overflow of inhabitants. without walls. Compare Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 54:2. Ezekiel 38:11. men. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
Verse 5
saith the LORD = [is] Jehovah"s oracle. App-4. wall of fire. Like the watch-fires seen round Bedaween camps, which have no walls. Compare Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 33:21; Isaiah 60:18. in the midst. Compare verses: Zechariah 2:10, Zechariah 2:11 ("J")
Verse 6
Ho, ho. Figure of speech Epixeuxis (App-6), for emphasis. come forth: or, supply the Ellipsis "[escape]". I have spread. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 28:64 spread = scattered. as. Some codices, with five early printed editions, and Syriac, read "by", or "throughout". Vulgate reads "into". winds. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
Verse 8
the LORD of hosts. See note on Zechariah 1:3. After the glory = For His own glory. he that, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:10). App-92. His eye. The primitive text read "Mine eye"; but the Sopherim say (App-33) that they altered this to "His", regarding it as derogatory to Jehovah to rend aloud such pronounced anthropomorphic expressions.
Verse 10
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. I will dwell, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex. Zechariah 29:45, Zechariah 29:46. Leviticus 26:11, Leviticus 26:12). App-92.
Verse 12
shall inherit . . . His portion. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:9). App-92. holy. See note on Exodus 3:5. again = yet; as in Zechariah 1:17. Not make a new choice, but demonstrate again His old choice in actual experience.
Verse 13
Be silent, &c. Compare Habakkuk 2:20. Zephaniah 1:7. is raised up = hath roused Himself up. Compare Psalms 78:65. His holy habitation. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 26:15)
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