Zaccaria 2:9

9 Perciocchè, ecco, io levo la mano contro a loro, ed esse saranno in preda a’ lor servi; e voi conoscerete che il Signor degli eserciti mi ha mandato.

Zaccaria 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 2:9

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them
The nations; either the Babylonian, or the antichristian states; meaning, that he would exert his power, and inflict punishment on them, and utterly destroy them; which would be done by the bare shaking of his hand: and they shall be a spoil to their servants;
as the Babylonians were to the Persians; not through Cyrus, which had been done; but through Darius, who took Babylon, after a siege of twenty months, and put great numbers to death; and all became a spoil to the Persians, who had been their servants: or the ten kings, that gave their kingdoms to the beast, and were subject to him; but now shall hate the whore, and eat her flesh; and all her riches and revenues shall be a spoil unto them, and be divided among them, ( Revelation 17:12 Revelation 17:16 ) : and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me;
either the Prophet Zechariah, that he was a true prophet, and had his mission from the Lord of hosts, as will appear by the accomplishment of these prophecies; or rather Christ, sent by God the Father; and who will be known and owned by the Jews, as well as by the Gentiles, to be the sent of God, when they shall be converted, and antichrist shall be destroyed. Kimchi refers this, and the following verse ( Zechariah 2:10 ) , to the times of the Messiah.

Zaccaria 2:9 In-Context

7 O Sion, scampa; tu, che abiti con la figliuola di Babilonia.

8 Perciocchè, così ha detto il Signor degli eserciti: Dietro alla gloria! Egli mi ha mandato contro alle genti che vi hanno spogliati; perciocchè chi vi tocca, tocca la pupilla dell’occhio suo.

9 Perciocchè, ecco, io levo la mano contro a loro, ed esse saranno in preda a’ lor servi; e voi conoscerete che il Signor degli eserciti mi ha mandato.

10 Giubila, e rallegrati, figliuola di Sion; perciocchè ecco, io vengo, ed abiterò in mezzo di te, dice il Signore.

11 E molte nazioni si aggiungeranno al Signore in quel giorno, e mi saranno per popolo; ed io abiterò in mezzo di te, e tu conoscerai che il Signore degli eserciti mi ha mandato a te.