Zaccaria 12:8

La Riveduta Bibbia

In quel giorno l’Eterno proteggerà gli abitanti di Gerusalemme; e colui che fra loro vacilla sarà in quel giorno come Davide, e la casa di Davide sarà come Dio, come l’angelo dell’Eterno davanti a loro.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
In quel giorno lEterno difender gli abitanti di Gerusalemme; in quel giorno il pi debole fra loro sar come Davide, e la casa di Davide sar come DIO, come lAngelo dellEterno davanti a loro.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
In quel giorno il Signore sarà protettore degli abitanti di Gerusalemme; e colui d’infra loro che vacillerà sarà in quel giorno simile a Davide; e la casa di Davide sarà come un Dio, come un Angelo del Signore, davanti a loro.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

defend: Zechariah 2:5, Zechariah 9:8, Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 9:16, Joel 3:16, Joel 3:17

he: Isaiah 30:26, Jeremiah 30:19-22, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 34:24, Joel 3:10, Micah 5:8, Micah 7:16, Hebrews 11:34

feeble: or, abject, Heb. fallen, Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 27:10, Micah 7:8

the house: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 2:7, Psalms 45:6, Psalms 45:7, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:2, Isaiah 7:13, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Jeremiah 33:15, Jeremiah 33:16, Ezekiel 37:24-26, Hosea 1:7, Hosea 3:5, Micah 5:2-4, Matthew 1:23, John 17:21-23, Romans 1:3, Romans 1:4, Romans 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, Revelation 22:13, Revelation 22:16

as the: Zechariah 3:1, Zechariah 3:2, Genesis 22:15-17, Genesis 48:15, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 23:20, Exodus 23:21, Joshua 5:13, Joshua 5:14, 2 Samuel 14:17-20, Isaiah 63:9, Hosea 12:3, Malachi 3:1, Acts 7:30-35

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 2:9 - a double portion Nehemiah 4:2 - feeble Psalms 89:4 - General Isaiah 31:4 - so shall Isaiah 52:8 - see Isaiah 60:17 - brass Jeremiah 33:22 - so Jeremiah 51:5 - nor Micah 2:13 - breaker Zechariah 9:13 - made Zechariah 9:14 - seen Zechariah 10:5 - as Zechariah 12:3 - in that Zechariah 12:4 - that day Zechariah 13:1 - that Matthew 1:1 - the son of David Matthew 11:11 - he that Mark 4:31 - is less than Acts 13:34 - the sure 1 Corinthians 1:25 - the foolishness Galatians 4:14 - an angel

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem,.... As with a shield against their enemies; and such is the Lord to all his people; he is their shield to protect them; he keeps and guards them by his power; he encompasses them about with his favour, as with a shield; and gives unto them the shield of salvation; all which will eminently appear to be the case of the Jews at this time:

and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; they that have the most fearful hearts, and feeble minds, shall be as courageous, as valiant, and as victorious as David; and they that are the weakest, in a spiritual sense, in the grace and in the doctrine of faith, and in that part of it, respecting the use of things indifferent, who are ready to be "offended, stumble, and fall" d; for the spiritual reign, which will at this time take place, will not be a state of perfection; even those will be like David, beloved of the Lord, kings as well as priests unto God, and as strong in faith as he:

and the house of David [shall be] as God; the stronger sort of believers among them, such as are strong in the Lord, in the grace of faith, and in the doctrines of the Gospel; they shall have much of God with them, great grace upon them, and be like unto him in goodness, truth, and holiness: or they shall be like "Elohim", the angels, as this word is rendered, Psalms 8:5 for knowledge, purity, and readiness to do the will of God; and it follows:

as the Angel of the Lord before them; that is, as Christ, who is the Angel of the covenant, and of the divine Presence; and in whom the name of the Lord is; who is at the head of his people, and goes before them, as their Leader and Commander, and the Captain of salvation, Micah 2:13 whose image they bear, and into which they are changed from glory to glory by the spirit of God; and which will now be very clearly discerned upon the saints in the latter day glory. Kimchi and Ben Melech, by "the house of David", understand the King Messiah e, who was to be of the seed of David; and so does Cocceius, who takes the "as" to be a note, not of similitude, but of truth, he being truly God, and the Angel of Jehovah. The Targum is,

"the house of David shall be like great men or princes that shall prosper, as the Angel of God before them.''

d נכשל "lapsabundus, ad lapsum propensus, proprie qui facile offendit", Drusius; "corruens", Montanus; "collapsus", Burkius. e R. Isaac Chizzuk Emunah, par. 1. c. 36. p. 307.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In that day the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble, rather, he theft stumbleth among them, shall be as David - The result of the care and the defense of God is here wholly spiritual, “the strengthening of such as do stand, and the raising up of such as fall.” It is not simply one feeble, but one “stumbling” and ready to fall, who becomes as David, the great instance of one who fell, yet was raised. Daniel says of a like trial-time, “And some of those of understanding shall stumble, to try them and to purge and to make them white, to the time of the end” Daniel 11:35. Ribera: “Such care will God have of protecting the sons of the Church, when it shall be infested with persecutions, that he who shall have fallen through human infirmity, either deceived by heretics or overcome by fear of tortures, shall arise the more fervent and cautious, and with many tears shall make amends for his sins to God, as did David. “He who stumbled shall be as David,” because the sinner returneth’ to repentance. This is not said of all times, nor of all (for many have stumbled, who never rose) but chiefly of the first times of the Church and of people of great sanctity, such as were many then.”

And the house of David shall be as God - They who stumbled became really like David; but he, though mighty and a great saint of God, though he once fell, was man. How then could the house of David be really like God? Only fully in Him, who, “being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God” Philippians 2:6; who said, “He who hath seen Me, hath seen My Father also” John 14:9; “I and the Father are one” John 10:30. And this the prophet brings out by adding, “as the Angel of the Lord before them,” that is, that one Angel of the Lord, in whom His very Presence and His Name was; who went before them, to guide them (see “Daniel the prophet” pp. 519-523). Else, having said, “like God,” it had been to lessen what he had just said, to add, “like the Angel of the Lord.” Our Lord prayed for those who are truly His, “As Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee, that they may be one in Us; that they may be one as We are one, I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfect in one” John 17:21-23; and Paul saith, “Christ is formed in us” Galatians 4:19; “Christ dwelleth in our hearts by faith” Ephesians 3:17; “Christ liveth in me” Galatians 2:20; “Christ is in you” Romans 8:10; “Christ is our life” Colossians 3:4; “Christ is all and in all” Colossians 3:11; “we grow into Him which is the Head, even Christ” Ephesians 4:15; “we are in Christ” Romans 16:7; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 1:22; and Peter, we are “partakers of the divine nature” 2 Peter 1:4; and John, “As He is, so are we in this world” 1 John 4:17. Then in a degree the glory of Christ passeth over to those who dwell in Him, and in whom He dwells by the Spirit, as Paul says; “Ye received me, as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus” Galatians 4:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 12:8. He that is feeble among them - shall be as David — Here is a marked difference between Judaism and Christianity. So clear, full, and efficient shall be the salvation of believers under the Gospel, that the feeblest among them shall be as strong, as full of courage, and as successful as David when he went against Goliath. The least in the kingdom of heaven was greater than John the Baptist.

And the house of David - as the angel of the Lord — The family, the Church of the true David, the Lord Jesus, shall be as the angel of the Lord; shall stand in the Divine presence like Gabriel; for Christ hath said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." So "we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed from glory into glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord." Thus the house of David, the true Christians, shall here walk with, after, and before God.