So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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Gill's Exposition
So the angel that communed with me,.... Having an order from the other Angel, or the Lord of hosts:
said unto me, Cry thou; proclaim, publish, declare in the hearing of the people, for their comfort…
Barnes' Notes
Cry thou - The vision was not for the prophet alone. What he saw and heard, that he was to proclaim to others. The vision, which he now saw alone, was to be the basis and substance of his subsequent…
Adam Clarke
I am jealous for Jerusalem - I have for them a strong affection; and indignation against their enemies.
We not come to visions and revelations of the Lord; for in that way God chose to speak by Zechariah, to awaken the people's attention, and to engage their humble reverence of the word and their humble…
Cambridge Bible
I am jealous "I have been, not now only, but in time past even when I did not shew it, and am jealous, with the tender love which allows not what it loves to be injured." Pusey. Comp. chap. Zec 8:2.
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