1The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
Zechariah 12:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. The title of this charter of promises made to God’s Israel; it is the burden of the word of the Lord , a divine prediction; it is of weight in the delivery of it; it is to be pressed upon people, and will be very pressing in the accomplishment of it; it is a burden , a heavy burden, to all the church’s enemies, like that talent of lead , Zech. 5:7 , 8 . But it is for Israel ; it is for...
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