SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:5
Y los capitanes de Judá dirán en su corazón: Mi fuerza son los moradores de Jerusalén en el SEÑOR de los ejércitos, su Dios.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:5
Verse 5. The governors of Judah] This supposes a unton between the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart , etc.] The governors of the rest of the cities in Judea, besides Jerusalem, when they shall observe the armies of the people, their horses and their riders, smitten by the Lord, as above, shall take heart, and be of good courage: and secretly say within themselves, The inhabitants of Jerusalem [shall be] my strength in the Lord of hosts their God ; that is, they, in the strength of the Lord, shall overcome their enemies, and so be the means of preserving and securing the other cities of Judah from destruction: the governors do not place their strength and confidence in the inhabitants of Jerusalem, but as they are strengthened in and by the Lord their God, from whom all strength, safety, and salvation come. In this and the following verse ( Zechariah 12:6), by “the governors of Judah” are not meant Judas Maccabeus, and his brethren, as some think; for though there are some things in the context that seem to agree with them, and they may be an emblem of the governors in the times referred to, for their courage, bravery, and success; yet the thread of history, and series of prophecy, will not admit such a sense.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Here is a Divine prediction, which will be a heavy burden to all the enemies of the church. But it is for Israel; for their comfort an benefit. It is promised that God will make foolish the counsels, an weaken the courage of the enemies of the church. The exact meaning is not clear; but God often begins by calling the poor and despised; an in that day even the feeblest will resemble David, and be as eminent i courage and every thing good. Desirable indeed is it that the example and labours of Christians should render them as fire among wood, as torch in a sheaf, to kindle the flame of Divine love, to sprea religion on the right hand and on the left.
Original Hebrew
ואמרו 559 אלפי 441 יהודה 3063 בלבם 3820 אמצה 556 לי ישׁבי 3427 ירושׁלם 3389 ביהוה 3068 צבאות 6635 אלהיהם׃ 430
