Zechariah 2:13
in Zechariah 2Be silent before the LORD, all people, for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Be silent, all flesh, before Jehovah; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
KJV
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
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This verse in Zechariah 2
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 13) Let all flesh be silent before the face of the Lord, for He has risen from His holy dwelling. LXX: Let all flesh fear before the face of the Lord, for He has risen from His holy clouds. When these things happen, and the Lord possesses His portion, Judah, and chooses Jerusalem, every human race fears the coming of the Lord, for He has risen from His holy dwelling.
This site's exposition
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion
on Zechariah 2:10-13
The chapter turns from summons to song: sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, an indwelling the bench applies at more than one horizon, the second temple's rebuilding, the incarnation, and a fuller future dwelling, the readings named without a house verdict fixing the promise to one alone. Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people joins the Gentiles to the covenant without displacing Judah, whom the same verses still call the Lord's portion in the holy land, chosen again rather than set aside. The chapter closes on hushed awe, be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, for he is raised up out of his holy habitation, all creation quieted before an act of God too large for comment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
This prophet was ordered, in God's name, to assure the people ( ch. i. 16 ) that a line should be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Now here we have that promise illustrated and confirmed, that the prophet might deliver that part of his message to the people with the more clearness and assurance.
Be silent - Reverence and adore God, and expect the accomplishment of his word. All flesh - Both Jew and Gentile. He is raised up - God is on this work already, and he will not sit down again, 'till he has accomplished his whole work.
Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord,.... Be filled with fear, awe, and astonishment, at the wonderful work of God; the destruction of antichrist; the conversion of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles: let them not open their mouths, or dare to say one word against it.
Be still, and know that he is God. Stand still, and see his salvation. Silently acquiesce in his holy will, and patiently wait the issue, as those who are assured that when God is raised up out of his holy habitation he will not retreat, nor sit down again, till he has accomplished his whole work.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Be silent - Literally, “hush all flesh, before the Lord” (see at Hab 2:20, p. 207); man in his weakness Gen 6:3; 2Ch 32:8; Job 10:4; Psa 56:4; Psa 78:39; Isa 31:3; Jer 17:5, “flesh and blood” in the language of the New Testament Mat 16:17; 1Co 15:50; Gal 1:16, before God his Maker. “All flesh,” the whole human race Gen 6:12; Psa 65:3; Psa 145:21; Isa 40:5-6; Isa 49:26; Isa 66:23; Joe 3:1; Eze 21:4, Eze 21:9-10, is to be hushed before God, because His judgments, as His mercies, are over all.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
"Let all in silent awe and reverence await the Lord's coming interposition in behalf of His people!" The address is both to the Gentile foes, who prided themselves on their power as if irresistible, and to the unbelieving Jews, who distrusted God's promises as incredible. Three reasons why they must be silent are implied: (1) they are but "flesh," weak and ignorant;
Be silent, O all flesh - Let all the nations of the world be astonished at this. God will arise, and deliver this ancient people, and bring them into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and they shall be prey, etc., to Israel, who are now slaves to them.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
After glory After your glory I am sent, to magnify your glory. And the Midrash Aggadah (Addendum to Tan. Buber, Devarim 4) states: After the honor - After I pay Esau for the honor that he bestowed upon his father.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַ֥ס | has | hush! | H2013 → | |
| כָּל־ | kol- | O all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בָּשָׂ֖ר | basar | flesh | H1320 → | 270 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֣י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נֵע֖וֹר | neor | he has roused himself | H5782 → | 80 times |
| מִמְּע֥וֹן | mimeon | from [the] dwelling place of | H4583 → | |
| קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ ס | kadesho | holiness his | H6944 → | 469 times |
הַ֥סhush!
hasH2013 →
כָּל־O all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בָּשָׂ֖רflesh
basarH1320 →270 times
מִפְּנֵ֣יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
נֵע֖וֹרhe has roused himself
neorH5782 →80 times
מִמְּע֥וֹןfrom [the] dwelling place of
mimeonH4583 →
קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃ סholiness his
kadeshoH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
it leads to
- Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
- Psalms 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Zephaniah 1:7
Through
Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
it leads to
- Psalms 10:14
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Psalms 82:3–4
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Psalms 10:14
About Zechariah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.