1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself,
3 and a burdensome stone to her adversaries.
6 The victorious restoring of Judah.
10 The repentance of Jerusalem.

Cir. A.M. 3504. B.C. 500. burden. 9:1 La 2:14 Mal 1:1

for. Isa 51:22,23 Jer 30:10,16 50:34 Eze 36:5-7 Joe 3:19,21 Ob 16,17

which. Job 26:7 Ps 102:25,26 104:2 136:5,6 Isa 40:12,22 42:5 Isa 44:24 45:12,18 48:13 51:13 Jer 10:12 51:15 Heb 1:10-12

formeth. Ge 2:7 Nu 16:22 Ec 12:7 Isa 57:16 Jer 38:16 Eze 18:4 Heb 12:9

2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

a cup. Ps 75:8 Isa 51:17,22,23 Jer 25:15,17 49:12 51:7 Hab 2:16 Re 14:10 16:19 18:6

trembling. or, slumber. Jer 51:57

or, poison. Jer 8:14

when they, etc. or, and also against Judah shall he be, which shall be in siege against Jerusalem. 14:14

3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

in that. 4,6,8,9,11 2:8,9 10:3-5 13:1 14:2,3,4,6,8,9,13 Isa 60:12 Isa 66:14-16 Eze 38:1-39:29 Joe 3:8-16 Ob 18 Mic 5:8,15 Mic 7:15-17 Hab 2:17 Zep 3:19 Hag 2:22

a burdensome. Da 2:34,35,44,45 Mt 21:44 Lu 20:18

though. 14:2,3 Mic 4:11-13 Re 16:14 17:12-14 19:19-21 20:8,9

4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

that day. 3,6,8,9,11 Isa 24:21

I will smite. 10:5 14:15 De 28:28 2Ki 6:14,18 Ps 76:5-7 Eze 38:4 39:20

I will open. 9:8 1Ki 8:29 2Ch 6:20,40 7:15 Ne 1:6 Isa 37:17 Jer 24:6 Da 9:18 Ac 17:30

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

the governors. 6 Jud 5:9 Isa 1:10,23,26 29:10 32:1 60:17 Jer 30:21 33:26 Eze 45:8,9

The inhabitants, etc. or, There is strength to me, and to the inhabitants, etc. 10:6,12 Ps 18:32,39 20:6,7 46:1 68:34,35 118:10-14 144:1 Isa 28:6 41:10-16 Joe 3:16 2Co 12:9,10

6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

like an hearth. Isa 10:16,17 Ob 18 Re 20:9

they. 9:15 Ps 149:6-9 Isa 41:15,16 Da 2:34,35,44,45 Mic 4:13 5:5-8 Re 19:19,20

on the right. Isa 9:20 54:3 2Co 6:7

Jerusalem shall. 1:16 2:4,12 8:3-5 14:10,11 Ne 11:1-36 Jer 30:18 31:38-40 Eze 48:30-35

7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

save. 4:6 11:11 Isa 2:11-17 23:9 Jer 9:23,24 Mt 11:25,26 Lu 1:51-53 Lu 10:21 Joh 7:47-49 Ro 3:27 1Co 1:26-31 2Co 4:7-12 Jas 2:5 Jas 4:6

do. Job 19:5 Ps 35:26 38:16 55:12

8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.

defend. 2:5 9:8,15,16 Joe 3:16,17

he. Isa 30:26 Jer 30:19-22 Eze 34:23,24 Joe 3:10 Mic 5:8 7:16 Heb 11:34

feeble. or, abject. Heb. fallen. Isa 49:7 53:3 Jer 27:10 Mic 7:8

the house. Ps 2:6,7 45:6,7 110:1,2 Isa 7:13,14 9:6,7 Jer 23:5,6 33:15,16 Eze 37:24-26 Ho 1:7 3:5 Mic 5:2-4 Mt 1:23 Joh 17:21-23 Ro 1:3,4 9:5 1Ti 3:16 Re 22:13,16

as the. 3:1,2 Ge 22:15-17 48:15,16 Ex 23:20,21 Jos 5:13,14 2Sa 14:17-20 Isa 63:9 Ho 12:3 Mal 3:1 Ac 7:30-35

9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

I will. 2 Isa 54:17 Hag 2:22

10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

I will pour. Pr 1:23 Isa 32:15 44:3,4 59:19-21 Eze 39:29 Joe 2:28,29 Ac 2:17,33 10:45 11:15 Tit 3:5,6

the house. 7

the spirit. Ps 51:12

of supplications. Jer 31:9 50:4 Ro 8:15,26 Eph 6:18 Jude 20

they shall look. That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his being pierced by the soldier's spear, we have the authority of the inspired apostle John for affirming; and this application agrees with the opinion of some of the ancient Jews, who interpret it of Messiah the son of David, as Moses Hadarson, on Ge ch. 28, though Jarchi and Abarbanel refer it to the death of Messiah the son of Joseph, whom they say was to be the suffering Messiah, while the former is to be the triumphant Messiah.

Ps 22:16,17 Joh 1:29 19:34-37 Heb 12:2 Re 1:7

they shall mourn. Jer 6:26 Am 8:10 Mt 24:30 26:75 Ac 2:37 2Co 7:9-11

11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

as. 2Ki 23:29 2Ch 35:24

12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

the land. Jer 3:21 4:28 31:18 Mt 24:30 Re 1:7

every family apart. Heb. families, families. Ex 12:30

the family of the house of David apart. Jer 13:18 Jon 3:5,6

and their. 7:3 Joe 2:16 1Co 7:5

Nathan. 2Sa 5:14 7:2-4 12:1 Lu 3:31

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

Levi. Ex 6:16-26 Nu 3:1-4:49 Mal 2:4-9

Shimei. or, Simeon, as LXX. 2Sa 16:5 1Ki 1:8 1Ch 3:19 4:27 23:7,10 2Ch 29:14

14 All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

and. Pr 9:12