Zechariah 3:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 3

²And 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 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Jude 1:9
Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Romans 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Topics

Angel (a Spirit)Believer Children of God Christian Demons Devil Disciple Firebrand

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

There was a Joshua that was a principal agent in the first settling of Israel in Canaan; here is another of the same name very active in their second settlement there after the captivity; Jesus is the same name, and it signifies Saviour; and they were both figures of him that was to come, our chief captain and our chief priest. The angel that talked with Zechariah showed him Joshua the high priest…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. the Lord--Jehovah, hereby identified with the “angel of the Lord (Jehovah)” (Zec 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--(Ro 9:16; 11:5). The conclusive answer. If the issue rested on Jerusa…