And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto Satan,.... The same with the Angel of the Lord, Zac 3:1 having heard the charge brought by him against Joshua, here called Jehovah, being the Son of God, and properly God:
The…
Barnes' Notes
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee - Jerome: “This they so explain, that the Father and the Son is Lord, as we read in the Psa 110:1-7, “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My…
Adam Clarke
Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? - The Jews were nearly destroyed because of their sins; a remnant of them is yet left, and God is determined to preserve them. He has had mercy upon them,…
There was a Joshua that was a principal agent in the first settling of Israel in Canaan; here is another of the same name very active in their second settlement there after the captivity; Jesus is the…
Cambridge Bible
The Lord Jehovah, who in Zec 3:1; Zec 3:5-6, is called the Angel of Jehovah.
hath chosen Jerusalem comp. Zec 1:17; Zec 2:12; and for the argument Rom 8:33. The election or choice of God, as an act of…
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