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Selected Verse: Zechariah 3:2 - Strong Concordance
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| Zec 3:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Satan [07854], The LORD [03068] rebuke [01605] thee, O Satan [07854]; even the LORD [03068] that hath chosen [0977] Jerusalem [03389] rebuke [01605] thee: is not this a brand [0181] plucked [05337] out of the fire [0784]? |
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King James |
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? |
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] |
the Lord--JEHOVAH, hereby identified with the "angel of the Lord (Jehovah)" (Zac 3:1).
rebuke thee--twice repeated to express the certainty of Satan's accusations and machinations against Jerusalem being frustrated. Instead of lengthened argument, Jehovah silences Satan by the one plea, namely, God's choice.
chosen Jerusalem-- (Rom 9:16; Rom 11:5). The conclusive answer. If the issue rested on Jerusalem's merit or demerit, condemnation must be the award; but Jehovah's "choice" (Joh 15:16) rebuts Satan's charge against Jerusalem (Zac 1:17; Zac 2:12; Rom 8:33-34, Rom 8:37), represented by Joshua (compare in the great atonement, Lev 16:6-20, &c.), not that she may continue in sin, but be freed from it (Zac 3:7).
brand plucked out of . . . fire-- (Amo 4:11; Pe1 4:18; Jde 1:23). Herein God implies that His acquittal of Jerusalem is not that He does not recognize her sin (Zac 3:3-4, Zac 3:9), but that having punished her people for it with a seventy years' captivity, He on the ground of His electing love has delivered her from the fiery ordeal; and when once He has begun a deliverance, as in this case, He will perfect it (Psa 89:30-35; Phi 1:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee - Jerome: "This they so explain, that the Father and the Son is Lord, as we read in the Psa 110:1-7, "The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand." The Lord speaketh of another Lord; not that He, the Lord who speaketh, cannot rebuke, but that, from the unity of nature, when the Other rebuketh, He Himself who speaketh rebuketh. For "he who seeth the Son, seeth the Father also" Joh 14:9. It may be that God, by such sayings , also accustomed people, before Christ came, to believe in the Plurality of Persons in the One Godhead. The rebuke of God must be with power. "Thou hast rebuked the nations, Thou hast destroyed the ungodly" Psa 9:5. "Thou hast rebuked the proud, accursed" Psa 119:21. "They perish at the rebuke of Thy Countenance" Psa 80:16. "At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep" Psa 76:6. "God shall rebuke him, and he fleeth far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind" Isa 17:13. "He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up" Psa 106:9. "The foundations of the world were discovered at Thy rebuke, O Lord" (Psa 18:15, add Nah 1:4). He "rebuked the seed" Mal 2:3, and it perished; the devourer" Mal 3:11, and it no longer devoured. The rebuke then of the blasted spirit involved a withering rejection of himself and his accusations, as when Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and he departed out of his victim Mar 1:25-26; Mar 9:25; Luk 4:35; Luk 9:42.
The Lord hath chosen Jerusalem - Joshua then is acquitted, not because the accusation of Satan was false, but out of the free love of God for His people and for Joshua in it and as its representative. "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?" Rom 8:33-34. The high priest, being "himself also compassed with infirmity, needed daily to offer up sacrifices first for his own sins, and then for the people's" Heb 5:2-3. As Isaiah said, on the sight of God, "I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips" Isa 6:5, and, until cleansed by the typical coal, dared not offer himself for the prophetic office, so here Satan, in Joshua, aimed at the whole priestly office, and in it, at Israel's relation to God.
Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? - Cyril: "As if he should say, Israel confessedly has sinned, and is liable to these charges. Yet it has suffered no slight punishment; it has endured sufferings, and has scarce been snatched out of them, as a half-burned "brand out of the fire." For not yet had it shaken off the dust of the harms from the captivity; only just now and scarely had it escaped the flame of that most intolerable calamity. Cease then imputing sin to them, on whom God has had mercy." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Lord - Christ, as a mediator, rather chuses to rebuke him in his father's name, than in his own. Is not this - Joshua. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? - The Jews were nearly destroyed because of their sins; a remnant of them is yet left, and God is determined to preserve them. He has had mercy upon them, and forgiven them their sins. Wouldst thou have them destroyed? It is God that hath justified them; who art thou that condemnest them? The Lord rebuke thee! God confound thee for what thou hast done, and for what thou desirest farther to do! It is evident that Jde 1:9 relates to this circumstance - the very same phraseology which occurs here. See the notes on Jde 1:9, where the subject is largely considered. With difficulty has this remnant escaped, and God will not permit fresh evils to fall upon them, by which they might be totally consumed. This was Satan's design, who accuses the followers of God day and night. See Rev 12:10. |
6 Being confident [3982] of this [5124] very thing [846], that [3754] he which hath begun [1728] a good [18] work [2041] in [1722] you [5213] will perform [2005] it until [891] the day [2250] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]:
30 If his children [01121] forsake [05800] my law [08451], and walk [03212] not in my judgments [04941];
31 If they break [02490] my statutes [02708], and keep [08104] not my commandments [04687];
32 Then will I visit [06485] their transgression [06588] with the rod [07626], and their iniquity [05771] with stripes [05061].
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness [02617] will I not utterly take [06331] from him, nor suffer my faithfulness [0530] to fail [08266].
34 My covenant [01285] will I not break [02490], nor alter [08138] the thing that is gone out [04161] of my lips [08193].
35 Once [0259] have I sworn [07650] by my holiness [06944] that I will not lie [03576] unto David [01732].
9 For behold the stone [068] that I have laid [05414] before [06440] Joshua [03091]; upon one [0259] stone [068] shall be seven [07651] eyes [05869]: behold, I will engrave [06605] the graving [06603] thereof, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and I will remove [04185] the iniquity [05771] of that land [0776] in one [0259] day [03117].
3 Now Joshua [03091] was clothed [03847] with filthy [06674] garments [0899], and stood [05975] before [06440] the angel [04397].
4 And he answered [06030] and spake [0559] unto those that stood [05975] before [06440] him, saying [0559], Take away [05493] the filthy [06674] garments [0899] from him. And unto him he said [0559], Behold [07200], I have caused thine iniquity [05771] to pass [05674] from thee, and I will clothe [03847] thee with change of raiment [04254].
23 And [1161] others [3739] save [4982] with [1722] fear [5401], pulling [726] them out of [1537] the fire [4442]; hating [3404] even [2532] the garment [5509] spotted [4695] by [575] the flesh [4561].
18 And [2532] if [1487] the righteous [1342] scarcely [3433] be saved [4982], where [4226] shall [5316] the ungodly [765] and [2532] the sinner [268] appear [5316]?
11 I have overthrown [02015] some of you, as God [0430] overthrew [04114] Sodom [05467] and Gomorrah [06017], and ye were as a firebrand [0181] plucked out [05337] of the burning [08316]: yet have ye not returned [07725] unto me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
7 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; If thou wilt walk [03212] in my ways [01870], and if thou wilt keep [08104] my charge [04931], then thou shalt also judge [01777] my house [01004], and shalt also keep [08104] my courts [02691], and I will give [05414] thee places to walk [04108] among these that stand by [05975].
6 And Aaron [0175] shall offer [07126] his bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself [01157], and make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004].
7 And he shall take [03947] the two [08147] goats [08163], and present [05975] them before [06440] the LORD [03068] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
8 And Aaron [0175] shall cast [05414] lots [01486] upon the two [08147] goats [08163]; one [0259] lot [01486] for the LORD [03068], and the other [0259] lot [01486] for the scapegoat [05799].
9 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the goat [08163] upon which the LORD'S [03068] lot [01486] fell [05927], and offer [06213] him for a sin offering [02403].
10 But the goat [08163], on which the lot [01486] fell [05927] to be the scapegoat [05799], shall be presented [05975] alive [02416] before [06440] the LORD [03068], to make an atonement [03722] with him, and to let him go [07971] for a scapegoat [05799] into the wilderness [04057].
11 And Aaron [0175] shall bring [07126] the bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403], which is for himself, and shall make an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his house [01004], and shall kill [07819] the bullock [06499] of the sin offering [02403] which is for himself:
12 And he shall take [03947] a censer [04289] full [04393] of burning [0784] coals [01513] of fire [0784] from off the altar [04196] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and his hands [02651] full [04393] of sweet [05561] incense [07004] beaten small [01851], and bring [0935] it within [01004] the vail [06532]:
13 And he shall put [05414] the incense [07004] upon the fire [0784] before [06440] the LORD [03068], that the cloud [06051] of the incense [07004] may cover [03680] the mercy seat [03727] that is upon the testimony [05715], that he die [04191] not:
14 And he shall take [03947] of the blood [01818] of the bullock [06499], and sprinkle [05137] it with his finger [0676] upon the mercy seat [03727] eastward [06924]; and before [06440] the mercy seat [03727] shall he sprinkle [05137] of the blood [01818] with his finger [0676] seven [07651] times [06471].
15 Then shall he kill [07819] the goat [08163] of the sin offering [02403], that is for the people [05971], and bring [0935] his blood [01818] within [01004] the vail [06532], and do [06213] with that blood [01818] as he did [06213] with the blood [01818] of the bullock [06499], and sprinkle [05137] it upon the mercy seat [03727], and before [06440] the mercy seat [03727]:
16 And he shall make an atonement [03722] for the holy [06944] place, because of the uncleanness [02932] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and because of their transgressions [06588] in all their sins [02403]: and so shall he do [06213] for the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], that remaineth [07931] among them in the midst [08432] of their uncleanness [02932].
17 And there shall be no man [0120] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] when he goeth [0935] in to make an atonement [03722] in the holy [06944] place, until he come out [03318], and have made an atonement [03722] for himself, and for his household [01004], and for all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478].
18 And he shall go out [03318] unto the altar [04196] that is before [06440] the LORD [03068], and make an atonement [03722] for it; and shall take [03947] of the blood [01818] of the bullock [06499], and of the blood [01818] of the goat [08163], and put [05414] it upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] round about [05439].
19 And he shall sprinkle [05137] of the blood [01818] upon it with his finger [0676] seven [07651] times [06471], and cleanse [02891] it, and hallow [06942] it from the uncleanness [02932] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
20 And when he hath made an end [03615] of reconciling [03722] the holy [06944] place, and the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and the altar [04196], he shall bring [07126] the live [02416] goat [08163]:
37 Nay [235], in [1722] all [3956] these things [5125] we are more than conquerors [5245] through [1223] him that loved [25] us [2248].
33 Who [5101] shall lay any thing [1458] to the charge [2596] of God's [2316] elect [1588]? It is God [2316] that justifieth [1344].
34 Who [5101] is he that condemneth [2632]? It is Christ [5547] that died [599], yea [1161] rather [3123] [2532], that is risen again [1453], who [3739] is [2076] even [2532] at [1722] the right hand [1188] of God [2316], who [3739] also [2532] maketh intercession [1793] for [5228] us [2257].
12 And the LORD [03068] shall inherit [05157] Judah [03063] his portion [02506] in the holy [06944] land [0127], and shall choose [0977] Jerusalem [03389] again.
17 Cry [07121] yet, saying [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; My cities [05892] through prosperity [02896] shall yet be spread abroad [06327]; and the LORD [03068] shall yet comfort [05162] Zion [06726], and shall yet choose [0977] Jerusalem [03389].
16 Ye [5210] have [1586] not [3756] chosen [1586] me [3165], but [235] I [1473] have chosen [1586] you [5209], and [2532] ordained [5087] you [5209], that [2443] ye [5210] should go [5217] and [2532] bring forth [5342] fruit [2590], and [2532] that your [5216] fruit [2590] should remain [3306]: that [2443] whatsoever [3739] [302] [3748] ye shall ask [154] of the Father [3962] in [1722] my [3450] name [3686], he may give it [1325] you [5213].
5 Even so [3779] then [3767] at [1722] this present [3568] time [2540] also [2532] there is [1096] a remnant [3005] according [2596] to the election [1589] of grace [5485].
16 So [686] then [3767] it is not [3756] of him that willeth [2309], nor [3761] of him that runneth [5143], but [235] of God [2316] that sheweth mercy [1653].
1 And he shewed [07200] me Joshua [03091] the high [01419] priest [03548] standing [05975] before [06440] the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068], and Satan [07854] standing [05975] at his right hand [03225] to resist [07853] him.
5 Then said [0559] I, Woe [0188] is me! for I am undone [01820]; because I am a man [0376] of unclean [02931] lips [08193], and I dwell [03427] in the midst [08432] of a people [05971] of unclean [02931] lips [08193]: for mine eyes [05869] have seen [07200] the King [04428], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
2 Who can [1410] have compassion [3356] on the ignorant [50], and [2532] on them that are out of the way [4105]; for [1893] that he [4029] himself [846] also [2532] is compassed [4029] with infirmity [769].
3 And [2532] by reason [1223] hereof [5026] he ought [3784], as [2531] for [4012] the people [2992], so [3779] also [2532] for [4012] himself [1438], to offer [4374] for [5228] sins [266].
33 Who [5101] shall lay any thing [1458] to the charge [2596] of God's [2316] elect [1588]? It is God [2316] that justifieth [1344].
34 Who [5101] is he that condemneth [2632]? It is Christ [5547] that died [599], yea [1161] rather [3123] [2532], that is risen again [1453], who [3739] is [2076] even [2532] at [1722] the right hand [1188] of God [2316], who [3739] also [2532] maketh intercession [1793] for [5228] us [2257].
42 And [1161] as he [846] was [4334] yet [2089] a coming [4334], the devil [1140] threw [4486] him [846] down [4486], and [2532] tare [4952] him. And [1161] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] the unclean [169] spirit [4151], and [2532] healed [2390] the child [3816], and [2532] delivered [591] him [846] again [591] to his [846] father [3962].
35 And [2532] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] him [846], saying [3004], Hold thy peace [5392], and [2532] come [1831] out of [1537] him [846]. And [2532] when the devil [1140] had thrown [4496] him [846] in [1519] the midst [3319], he came [1831] out of [575] him [846], and hurt [984] him [846] not [3367].
25 When [1161] Jesus [2424] saw [1492] that [3754] the people [3793] came running together [1998], he rebuked [2008] the foul [169] spirit [4151], saying [3004] unto him [846], Thou dumb [216] and [2532] deaf [2974] spirit [4151], I [1473] charge [2004] thee [4671], come [1831] out of [1537] him [846], and [2532] enter [1525] no more [3371] into [1519] him [846].
25 And [2532] Jesus [2424] rebuked [2008] him [846], saying [3004], Hold thy peace [5392], and [2532] come [1831] out of [1537] him [846].
26 And [2532] when the unclean [169] spirit [4151] had torn [4682] him [846], and [2532] cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], he came [1831] out of [1537] him [846].
11 And I will rebuke [01605] the devourer [0398] for your sakes, and he shall not destroy [07843] the fruits [06529] of your ground [0127]; neither shall your vine [01612] cast her fruit [07921] before the time in the field [07704], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
3 Behold, I will corrupt [01605] your seed [02233], and spread [02219] dung [06569] upon your faces [06440], even the dung [06569] of your solemn feasts [02282]; and one shall take you away [05375] with it.
4 He rebuketh [01605] the sea [03220], and maketh it dry [02717], and drieth up [03001] all the rivers [05104]: Bashan [01316] languisheth [0535], and Carmel [03760], and the flower [06525] of Lebanon [03844] languisheth [0535].
15 Then the channels [0650] of waters [04325] were seen [07200], and the foundations [04146] of the world [08398] were discovered [01540] at thy rebuke [01606], O LORD [03068], at the blast [05397] of the breath [07307] of thy nostrils [0639].
9 He rebuked [01605] the Red [05488] sea [03220] also, and it was dried up [02717]: so he led [03212] them through the depths [08415], as through the wilderness [04057].
13 The nations [03816] shall rush [07582] like the rushing [07588] of many [07227] waters [04325]: but God shall rebuke [01605] them, and they shall flee [05127] far off [04801], and shall be chased [07291] as the chaff [04671] of the mountains [02022] before [06440] the wind [07307], and like a rolling thing [01534] before [06440] the whirlwind [05492].
6 At thy rebuke [01606], O God [0430] of Jacob [03290], both the chariot [07393] and horse [05483] are cast into a dead sleep [07290].
16 It is burned [08313] with fire [0784], it is cut down [03683]: they perish [06] at the rebuke [01606] of thy countenance [06440].
21 Thou hast rebuked [01605] the proud [02086] that are cursed [0779], which do err [07686] from thy commandments [04687].
5 Thou hast rebuked [01605] the heathen [01471], thou hast destroyed [06] the wicked [07563], thou hast put out [04229] their name [08034] for ever [05769] and ever [05703].
9 Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto him [846], Have I been [1510] so long [5118] time [5550] with [3326] you [5216], and yet [2532] hast thou [1097] not [3756] known [1097] me [3165], Philip [5376]? he that hath seen [3708] me [1691] hath seen [3708] the Father [3962]; and [2532] how [4459] sayest [3004] thou [4771] then, Shew [1166] us [2254] the Father [3962]?
1 A Psalm [04210] of David [01732]. The LORD [03068] said [05002] unto my Lord [0113], Sit [03427] thou at my right hand [03225], until I make [07896] thine enemies [0341] thy footstool [01916] [07272].
2 The LORD [03068] shall send [07971] the rod [04294] of thy strength [05797] out of Zion [06726]: rule [07287] thou in the midst [07130] of thine enemies [0341].
3 Thy people [05971] shall be willing [05071] in the day [03117] of thy power [02428], in the beauties [01926] of holiness [06944] from the womb [07358] of the morning [04891]: thou hast the dew [02919] of thy youth [03208].
4 The LORD [03068] hath sworn [07650], and will not repent [05162], Thou art a priest [03548] for ever [05769] after the order [01700] of Melchizedek [04442].
5 The Lord [0136] at thy right hand [03225] shall strike [04272] through kings [04428] in the day [03117] of his wrath [0639].
6 He shall judge [01777] among the heathen [01471], he shall fill [04390] the places with the dead bodies [01472]; he shall wound [04272] the heads [07218] over many [07227] countries [0776].
7 He shall drink [08354] of the brook [05158] in the way [01870]: therefore shall he lift up [07311] the head [07218].
10 And [2532] I heard [191] a loud [3173] voice [5456] saying [3004] in [1722] heaven [3772], Now [737] is come [1096] salvation [4991], and [2532] strength [1411], and [2532] the kingdom [932] of our [2257] God [2316], and [2532] the power [1849] of his [846] Christ [5547]: for [3754] the accuser [2723] of our [2257] brethren [80] is cast down [2598], which [3588] accused [2725] them [846] before [1799] our [2257] God [2316] day [2250] and [2532] night [3571].
9 Yet [1161] Michael [3413] the archangel [743], when [3753] contending [1252] with the devil [1228] he disputed [1256] about [4012] the body [4983] of Moses [3475], durst [5111] not [3756] bring against him [2018] a railing [988] accusation [2920], but [235] said [2036], The Lord [2962] rebuke [2008] thee [4671].
9 Yet [1161] Michael [3413] the archangel [743], when [3753] contending [1252] with the devil [1228] he disputed [1256] about [4012] the body [4983] of Moses [3475], durst [5111] not [3756] bring against him [2018] a railing [988] accusation [2920], but [235] said [2036], The Lord [2962] rebuke [2008] thee [4671].