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Zechariah 3:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 3:2

Verse 2 of 10

Scripture focus

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?

Zechariah 3:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 3:2

Theological / Devotional

Rebuke thee. It was true that God’s people had grievously sinned. But they had suffered the chastisement of the Exile, and many had been led to repentance and humiliation. Under these conditions it was certainly proper to extend them divine favor.

This. Or, “this one.” Joshua is referred to, but he also represented the people.

Brand. Heb. ’ud, “a log,” “a stump,” originally perhaps a bent stick used to stir up the fire. The word occurs in the OT only here, in Isa. 7:4, and in Amos 4:11. The scorching fires of the Captivity would have eventually consumed the chosen people had not God moved on the hearts of heathen kings to show favor to His scattered children and had not some of them been willing to respond to the call of God to flee out of Babylon (Jer. 51:6, 45; cf. Zech. 2:6).

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