Zechariah 12:1 BSB — MannaFest

Zechariah 12:1

This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. Thus saith Jehovah, who stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

KJV

The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Since then Zechariah speaks only of God's favor and aid, he seems to have mentioned burden here improperly or unreasonably; for ms', mesha, we know, is rightly to be taken for a threatening prophecy.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַשָּׂ֥א	ma.Sa'	[the] oracle of	H4853 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
נֹטֶ֤ה	no.Teh	[who] stretched out	H5186 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙	sha.Ma.yim	heaven	H8064 →
וְיֹסֵ֣ד	ve.yo.Sed	and [who] founded	H3245 →
אָ֔רֶץ	'A.retz	earth	H776 →
וְיֹצֵ֥ר	ve.yo.Tzer	and [who] formed	H3335 →
רֽוּחַ־	Ru.ach-	[the] spirit of	H7307 →
אָדָ֖ם	'a.Dam	a human	H120 →
בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ פ	be.kir.Bo	in inner being his	H7130 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:12
  It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 40:22
  He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
- Jeremiah 10:12
  The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Isaiah 48:13
  Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
- Psalms 104:2–35
  He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Through
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
leads to
- Isaiah 42:5
  This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 16:22
  But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Numbers 27:16
  “May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

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