Zechariah 3:9 (BSB)
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
From Zechariah 3. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Zechariah 3:9
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Zechariah 3:1-10: Chapter 3 Zechariah 3:1, 2 1. And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 1. Et ostendit mihi Iehosuah sacerdotem magnum stantem in conspectu angeli Iehovae, et Satan stantem ad dexteram ejus, ut adversaretur illi. 2.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Zechariah 3:8-10: As the promises made to David often slide insensibly into promises of the Messiah, whose kingdom David's was a type of, so the promises here made to Joshua immediately rise as far upward, and look as far forward, as to Christ, whose priesthood Joshua's was now a shadow of, not only in general, as it kept up the line of Aaron's priesthood, but especially as...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Zechariah 3:9: In that day, saith the Lord of hosts,.... The Gospel dispensation, which began with the incarnation, sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, and still continues; called sometimes the day of salvation, the acceptable time, and year of the redeemed: shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine, and under the fig tree; which may be expressive of the desire of gracious souls after...
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Zechariah 3:9: For--expressing the ground for encouragement to the Jews in building the temple: I (Jehovah) have laid the (foundation) stone as the chief architect, before (in the presence of) Joshua, by "the hand of Zerubbabel" (Zac 4:10; Ezr 3:8-13), so that your labor in building shall not be vain.