Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 12:3
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3. ( Zechariah 14:4 ; Zechariah 14:6-9 ; Zechariah 14:13 ). JEROME states it was a custom in Palestine to test the strength of youths by their lifting up a massive stone; the phrase, "burden themselves with it," refers to this custom. Compare Zechariah 14:13- : : The Jews "fell" on the rock of offense, Messiah, and were "broken"; but the rock shall fall on Antichrist, who "burdens himself with it" by his assault on the restored Jews, and "grind him to powder." all . . . people of . . . earth —The Antichristian confederacy against the Jews shall be almost universal. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological