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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. This is true literally, but it is also true spiritually. As the Church of God is to be a cup of trembling to its enemies, so is it also to be a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. It was a part of the law of God in the Book of Deuteronomy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: The chief strength of Jerusalem’s enemies lay in horses and chariots; but God bids his people not to fear them, for he knows how to overcome all power, whether it be the power of cavalry or the power of infantry. He knows how to smite every horse...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: Imitating Elijah’s garb. the false prophets hoped to win the attention of the people by the roughness of their dress; but all this would be dropped for the people would be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. They shall be so ashamed of it that, to have kept cattle shall seem to be a far more noble employment than to have falsely set up to be a prophet of the Lord.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? “You wear the marks usually seen in God’s servants; you have scarred yourself as his prophets were accustomed to do, you have, as it were, tattooed yourself with the name of your God, what does it all mean?” But he shall be so ashamed of it that- Zec_12:6. Then he shall answer,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. God will begin by saving the most defenseless. The tents of the people were easily swept away by their powerful foes. “Therefore,” says the prophet, “the Lord shall save the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. What a blessed thing it is when the Lord strengthens all his people, so that the weakest amongst them are as strong as that ruddy-faced youth...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: This is a promise concerning Israel. Long have the Jews rejected the Christ, but the day is coming when they shall acknowledge Jesus of Nazareth to be the promised Messiah. In that day, this promise will be fulfilled. God must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. One of the greatest mournings that was ever known was that when Josiah was lain in battle, and the people lamented that their best of kings was so early taken away from them. Such shall be the sorrow that shall fall upon repenting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; For this was to be a personal sorrow, in which both husbands and wives must weep on their own account. Zec_12:12. The family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; Perhaps these names are mentioned to indicate different...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the land shalt mourn, every family apart; There shall be universal mourning throughout the whole land; yet it shall be special and particular to each household: “every family apart.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; all the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. True repentance is the distinct act...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; The priests, as well as the kings and the prophets, were to be represented in this universal mourning. Zec_12:13. The family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; Shimei, or Simeon, as the Septuagint gives it, — which may either represent the scribes, or else may refer to the people...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. Why these chapters were divided here, I cannot imagine, for it is clear that the passage should run right on.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncleanness. They shall see that pardon when they have truly seen their sin. When once the foulness of their transgression is perceived, then the fount, sin of cleansing shall be perceived, too. No man ever knows the preciousness of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. Where there is pardon, there is sure to be sanctification. The idols must fall, and the false prophets...