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Zechariah 2:9

Zechariah 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

I will shake mine hand upon (over) them. The angel reports Jehovah's message now in the first person, or speaks as the representative of Jehovah. The action of shaking the hand over a nation is one of menace (; ; ).

Shall be a spoil to their servants; to their slaves, those who once served them. This was true only in a spiritual sense, when the nations were won over to the true faith (see ; and comp.

; , etc.; ). Septuagint, τοῖς δουλεύουσιν αὐτοῖς, "to them that serve them." Ye shall know, etc. (; ). When this comes to pass, the Israelites shall recognize and own the Divine mission of God's messenger.

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