Zechariah 12:8 KJV — MannaFest

Zechariah 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.

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ASV

In that day shall Jehovah 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 Jehovah before them.

WEB

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

YLT

In that day cover over doth Jehovah the inhabitant of Jerusalem, And the stumbling among them hath been in that day as David, And the house of David as God--As a messenger of Jehovah--before them.

DBT

In that day will Jehovah defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that stumbleth among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David asGod, as the Angel of Jehovah before them.

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Zechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.

Author: Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
Date: Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC

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Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Jeremiah 30:19
And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 60:17
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Micah 5:2–4
But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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That as a preparative for all this mercy, and a pledge of it, he will pour upon them a spirit of prayer and repentance, the effect of which shall be universal and very particular,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But this was to have its full accomplishment in Christ; now the house of David looked little and mean, and its glory was eclipsed, but in Christ the house of David shone more brightly than ever, and its countenance was as that of an angel; in him it became more blessed, and more a blessing, than ever it had been.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It bodes well to a people when princes and great men go before the rest in that which is good, as 2 Chron. xx. The house of David is all summed up in Jesus Christ, the Son of David; and upon him, as the head, the Spirit of grace is poured out, from him to be diffused to all his members; from his fulness we receive, and grace for grace.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The promises themselves that are here made them, by which the church shall be secured, and in which all its friends may enjoy a holy security. It is promised that, whatever attacks the enemies of the church may make upon her purity or peace, they will certainly issue in their own confusion.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Jerusalem, however, also shall be specially strengthened against the foe. feeble . . . shall be as David--to the Jew, the highest type of strength and glory on earth (2Sa 17:8; Joe 3:10). angel of the Lord before them--the divine angel that went "before them" through the desert, the highest type of strength and glory in heaven (Ex 23:20;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

As David - A mighty man of valour. The house of David - Those of the royal line shall be for prudence, and prowess in the conduct of the armies of Israel, most excellent; exprest here in an hyperbole. As the angel - Nay, like the angel of the Lord, like Christ who is captain of our salvation.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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