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Zechariah

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I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. See also: Ezekiel 40:3 Zechariah 1:16 Revelation 21:15Then I asked, “Where are you going?” He said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.” See also: Ezekiel 45:6 Jeremiah 31:39 Revelation 21:15-17Behold, the angel who talked with me went out, and another angel went out to meet him, See also: Zechariah 1:19 Zechariah 5:5 Zechariah 1:8-11and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it. See also: Zechariah 1:17 Ezekiel 38:11 Jeremiah 33:22For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her. See also: Isaiah 4:5 Psalms 3:3 Zechariah 9:8Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,’ says the LORD; ‘for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,’ says the LORD. See also: Ezekiel 17:21 Isaiah 48:20 Deuteronomy 28:64‘Come, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.’ See also: Isaiah 48:20 Genesis 19:17 Revelation 18:4For the LORD of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye. See also: Psalms 17:8 Deuteronomy 32:10 John 15:21-23For, behold, I will shake my hand over them, and they will be a plunder to those who served them; and you will know that the LORD of Armies has sent me. See also: Isaiah 19:16 Isaiah 14:2 Zechariah 6:15Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and I will dwell within you,’ says the LORD. See also: Zechariah 9:9 Matthew 28:20 John 1:14Many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that the LORD of Armies has sent me to you. See also: Revelation 11:15 1 Peter 2:9-10 Luke 2:32The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. See also: Zechariah 1:17 Deuteronomy 32:9 Jeremiah 10:16Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!” See also: Habakkuk 2:20 Zephaniah 1:7 Psalms 68:5

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)8 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Zechariah 2:3

Ver. 3. Another. The angel who measured spoke to Michael. C.

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Zechariah 2:4

Ver. 4. Walls. This must be understood of the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church of Christ. Ch. ---

According to S. Aug. (in Ps. lxxi.) when the literal sense cannot be verified, we must have recourse to the thing prefigured; and thus what is here written, must be explained of the Church rather than of Jerusalem. W. --- A little before the fall of the latter, it was become so populous that the houses which had been built without the walls were enclosed. Jos. Bel. vi. 6. --- this multitude was a sort of pledge or figure of the crowds which should embrace the gospel.

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Zechariah 2:5

Ver. 5. Fire, to enlighten and protect it. Arms will be unnecessary. Mic. v. 10. Is.

ii. 4. The Church shall enjoy peace.

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Zechariah 2:6

Ver. 6. North. Many Jews had not yet returned, Esther, &c. --- Winds. Ezec. v. 2, 12. C. ---

Gentiles, and ye children of Sion, flee from Babylon and from sin into the true Church. W.

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Zechariah 2:8

Ver. 8. Glory. After restoring you to your own country, and rebuilding your cities, I will punish your enemies. C. --- After they have enjoyed prosperity, they shall feel the reverse. Heb. Cabod, (H.) means also "a burden."

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Zechariah 2:9

Ver. 9. Prey. Two years after this (C.) the Assyrians revolted, and seized Babylon. Justin i. ---

They slew the useless women: but Zopyrus betrayed the place to Darius, who hung 3,000 of the principal inhabitants, and demolished the walls. Herod. iii.

150. Usher, A. 3489.

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Zechariah 2:11

Ver. 11. Nations. We know of none who embrace the Jewish law. But both the old and the new world submits to Christ. --- Dwell. S. Michael represents the Messias. The latter preached and wrought miracles among the Jews, which rendered them inexcusable. John xv. 24. C.

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Zechariah 2:13

Ver. 13. Silent: obey with reverence. H. See Hab. ii. 20. and 1 Mac. i. 3. C. ---

Habitation, becoming man. M.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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