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Selected Verse: Zechariah 12:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 12:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that I will seek [01245] to destroy [08045] all the nations [01471] that come [0935] against Jerusalem [03389]. |
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King James |
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I will seek to destroy--I will set Myself with determined earnestness to destroy (Hag 2:22). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| In that day, I will seek to destroy - Woe indeed to those, whom Almighty God shall "'seek' to destroy!" Man may seek earnestly to do, what at last he cannot do. Still it is an earnest seeking. And whether it is used of human seeking which fails, or which succeeds Sa1 14:4; Sa1 23:10; Ecc 12:10, inchoate or permitted Kg1 11:22; Zac 6:7, it is always used of seeking to do, what it is a person's set purpose to do if he can. Here it is spoken of Almighty God . Ribera: "He saith not, 'I will destroy' but 'I will seek to destroy,' that is, it shall ever be My care to destroy all the enemies of the Church, that they may in no way prevail against it: this I will do alway to the end of the world." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I will seek - I will purposely and effectually do it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will seek to destroy all the nations - When this time shall arrive, all nations that "will not receive the faith of our Lord Jesus" shall be destroyed, when the longsuffering of God shall no longer wait upon them. This seems to belong to a period yet very remote. |
22 And I will overthrow [02015] the throne [03678] of kingdoms [04467], and I will destroy [08045] the strength [02392] of the kingdoms [04467] of the heathen [01471]; and I will overthrow [02015] the chariots [04818], and those that ride [07392] in them; and the horses [05483] and their riders [07392] shall come down [03381], every one [0376] by the sword [02719] of his brother [0251].
7 And the bay [0554] went forth [03318], and sought [01245] to go [03212] that they might walk to and fro [01980] through the earth [0776]: and he said [0559], Get you hence [03212], walk to and fro [01980] through the earth [0776]. So they walked to and fro [01980] through the earth [0776].
22 Then Pharaoh [06547] said [0559] unto him, But what hast thou lacked [02638] with me, that, behold, thou seekest [01245] to go [03212] to thine own country [0776]? And he answered [0559], Nothing: howbeit let me go [07971] in any wise [07971].
10 The preacher [06953] sought [01245] to find out [04672] acceptable [02656] words [01697]: and that which was written [03789] was upright [03476], even words [01697] of truth [0571].
10 Then said [0559] David [01732], O LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], thy servant [05650] hath certainly [08085] heard [08085] that Saul [07586] seeketh [01245] to come [0935] to Keilah [07084], to destroy [07843] the city [05892] for my sake.
4 And between the passages [04569], by which Jonathan [03129] sought [01245] to go over [05674] unto the Philistines [06430]' garrison [04673], there was a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the one side [05676], and a sharp [08127] rock [05553] on the other side [05676]: and the name [08034] of the one [0259] was Bozez [0949], and the name [08034] of the other [0259] Seneh [05573].