And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Zechariah the son
of
Jehoiada the priest
The spirit of prophecy, as the Targum; he was moved and
influenced by it to speak what is after related:
which stood above the people;
in a desk, or sort of pulpit, in which the priests stood when
they taught the people, that they might be the better heard, like
that which Ezra used, ( Nehemiah 8:4
)
and said unto them, thus saith God;
being moved and directed by his Spirit, he spake in his name:
why transgress ye the command of the Lord, that ye cannot
prosper?
by committing idolatry, than which nothing could more hinder
prosperity, both in things spiritual and temporal, in soul and
body:
because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken
you;
because they had forsaken the worship of God, as the Targum, God
had forsaken them, and was about to give them up into the hand of
their enemies.
