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Zechariah 12:5

Zechariah 12:5
And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart,.... The governors of the rest of the cities in Judea, besides Jerusalem, when they shall observe the armies of the people, their horses and their…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the princes of Judah - He pictures the onemindedness of the Church. No one shall assume anything to himself; each shall exalt the strength which the other was to him; but all, “in the Lord. The…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The governors of Judah - This supposes a union between the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 12:1-8

Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God's Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord, a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the governors chieftains, R. V., and so in Zec 12:6.

shall be Rather, are. When they see the rout and discomfiture of her enemies around the walls of Jerusalem (Zec 12:2-4), the rulers of the land,…