- Bible
- Zechariah
- Chapter 12
- Verse 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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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…
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…
Adam Clarke
The governors of Judah - This supposes a union between the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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…
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,…
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