5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
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And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. …
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)This prophet was ordered, in God’s name, to assure the people (Zech. 1:16) that a line should be stretched forth upon Jerusalem . Now here we have that promise illustrated and confirmed, that the prophet might deliver that part of his message to the people with the more clearness and assurance. I. He sees, in a vision, a man going to measure Jerusalem ( Zech. 2:1 , 2 ): He lifted up his eyes again…
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