Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 9:8

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8. encamp about — ( :- ). mine house —namely, the Jewish people ( Zechariah 3:7 ; Hosea 8:1 ) [MAURER]. Or, the temple: reassuring the Jews engaged in building, who might otherwise fear their work would be undone by the conqueror [MOORE]. The Jews were, in agreement with this prophecy, uninjured by Alexander, though he punished the Samaritans. Typical of their final deliverance from every foe. passeth by . . . returneth —Alexander, when advancing against Jerusalem, was arrested by a dream, so that neither in "passing by" to Egypt, nor in "returning," did he injure the Jews, but conferred on them great privileges. no oppressor . . . pass through . . . any more —The prophet passes from the immediate future to the final deliverance to come ( Isaiah 60:18 ; Ezekiel 28:24 ). seen with mine eyes —namely, how Jerusalem has been oppressed by her foes [ROSENMULLER] ( Exodus 3:7 ; Exodus 2:25 ). God is said now to have seen, because He now begins to bring the foe to judgment, and manifests to the world His sense of His people's wrongs. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-zec-9-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/zec-9-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological