Matthew Poole Commentary - Zechariah 2:5 - 2:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Zechariah 2:5 - 2:5


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What was promised or foretold in the former verse is ratified in this by an account how it should be performed.



For I, saith the Lord; that a thing so much above the hope of a present dejected people, so much too great for so weak and so few a people, might be believed and expected, God engageth he will perform the word.



A wall of fire; which cannot be scaled, it would consume them that attempt it; nor undermined. none could come so near it: such a wall as once was Elisha’s guard, 2Ki_6:16,17, to which this place may possibly refer. Or it is an allusion to the manner of shepherds and travellers in those countries full of wild beasts, to make fires in the night to secure themselves.



Round about; no part shall be unguarded, or open to the enemy.



And will be the glory in the midst of her; my presence and favour shall make her glorious, Isa_4:5,6.

What was promised or foretold in the former verse is ratified in this by an account how it should be performed.



For I, saith the Lord; that a thing so much above the hope of a present dejected people, so much too great for so weak and so few a people, might be believed and expected, God engageth he will perform the word.



A wall of fire; which cannot be scaled, it would consume them that attempt it; nor undermined. none could come so near it: such a wall as once was Elisha’s guard, 2Ki_6:16,17, to which this place may possibly refer. Or it is an allusion to the manner of shepherds and travellers in those countries full of wild beasts, to make fires in the night to secure themselves.



Round about; no part shall be unguarded, or open to the enemy.



And will be the glory in the midst of her; my presence and favour shall make her glorious, Isa_4:5,6.