SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:1
¶ Carga de la palabra del SEÑOR sobre Israel. Dijo el SEÑOR, el que extiende los cielos, y funda la tierra, y forma el espíritu del hombre dentro de él.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:1
Verse 1. The burden of the word of the Lord] This is a new prophecy. It is directed both to Israel and Judah, though Israel alone is mentioned in this verse.
Which stretcheth forth the heavens] See on Isa. xlii. 5.
Formeth the spirit of man within him.] Then it is not the same substance with his body. It is a SPIRIT within HIM.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 1. The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel , etc.] And against their enemies; for the good of the church of God, for its joy, comfort, and salvation; or, “concerning Israel” f263 ; what shall befall them in the latter day, as the destruction of antichrist, prophesied of in the preceding chapter ( Zechariah 11:1-17); and what is hereafter said may be believed that it shall be accomplished. The Lord is described in the greatness of his power, speaking as follows: saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens : as a curtain, ( <19A402> Psalm 104:2) the expanse or firmament of heaven, which is stretched out as a canopy over all the earth around: and layeth the foundation of the earth ; firm and sure, though upon the seas and floods, yea, upon nothing, ( Psalm 24:2 Job 26:7
