‘If you will walk in My ways,
And if you will akeep My command,
Then you shall also bjudge My house,
And likewise have charge of My courts;
I will give you places to walk
Among these who cstand here.
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are a1a wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth bMy Servant the cBRANCH.
That I have laid before Joshua:
aUpon the stone are bseven eyes.
Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
‘And cI will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
‘Everyone will invite his neighbor
bUnder his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”
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Zechariah 3:9
For behold the stone that I have laid - Alluding no doubt to the foundation stone of the temple: but this represented Christ Jesus: "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tried stone, a precious Corner Stone, a Sure Foundation," Isaiah 28:16. This means Christ, and none other; on him his whole Church rests, as a building does on its foundation.
Upon one stone shall be seven eyes - This is supposed to mean the providence of God, as under it all the work should be completed.
There may be an allusion to the seven counsellors, which stood always about the persons of the Asiatics sovereigns; and those who were the governors of provinces were termed the eyes of the king. To this there is an allusion in Revelation 1:4. In Christ there is a plentitude of wisdom, power, goodness, mercy, truth, love, and compassion, to direct, protect, save, uphold, purify, govern, and preserve all the souls that trust in him.
I will engrave the graving thereof - This is an allusion to engraving precious stones, in which the ancients greatly excelled. Heads, animals, and various devices were the subjects of those engravings. But what was this engraving? Was it not the following words? I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day;" and was not this when Jesus Christ expired upon the cross? This was the grand, the only atonement, satisfaction, and sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. Does not our Lord refer to this place, John 6:27 (note)? Him hath God thy Father sealed; and on the inscription there was, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." See the note on the above passage.
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