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Zechariah 2:9

Zechariah 2:9
For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them,.... The nations; either the Babylonian, or the antichristian states; meaning, that he would exert his power, and inflict punishment on them, and utterly…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For behold I will shake My hand against them - As God promised of old against the enemies of His people , and they shall be a spoil to those who served them habitually. And ye shall know that the Lord…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I will shake mine hand upon them - I will threaten first, and then stretch out my hand of judgment against them.

A spoil to their servants - To those whom they had formerly subjected to their sway. As…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 2:6-9

One would have thought that Cyrus's proclamation, which gave liberty to the captive Jews to return to their own land, would suffice to bring them all back, and that, as when Pharaoh gave them leave to…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

shake mine hand Job 31:21; Isa 19:16.

a spoil to their servants They "which spoiled you," Zec 2:8, shall be themselves "a spoil," and that to those whom they held in servitude, those that served…