SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:8
En aquel día el SEÑOR defenderá al morador de Jerusalén; y el que entre ellos fuere flaco, en aquel tiempo será como David; y la Casa de David como Dios, como el ángel del SEÑOR delante de ellos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 12:8
Verse 8. He that is feeble among them-shall be as David] Here is a marked difference between Judaism and Christianity. So clear, full, and efficient shall be the salvation of believers under the Gospel that the feeblest among them shall be as strong, as full of courage, and as successful as David when he went against Goliath. The least in the kingdom of heaven was greater than John the Baptist. And the house of David-as the angel of the Lord] The family the Church of the true David, the Lord Jesus, shall be as the angel of the Lord; shall stand in the Divine presence like Gabriel; for Christ hath said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." So "we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed from glory into glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord." Thus the house of David, the true Christians, shall here walk with, after, and before God.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem , etc.] As with a shield against their enemies; and such is the Lord to all his people; he is their shield to protect them; he keeps and guards them by his power; he encompasses them about with his favour, as with a shield; and gives unto them the shield of salvation; all which will eminently appear to be the case of the Jews at this time: and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David ; they that have the most fearful hearts, and feeble minds, shall be as courageous, as valiant, and as victorious as David; and they that are the weakest, in a spiritual sense, in the grace and in the doctrine of faith, and in that part of it, respecting the use of things indifferent, who are ready to be “offended, stumble, and fall” f269 ; for the spiritual reign, which will at this time take place, will not be a state of perfection; even those will be like David, beloved of the Lord, kings as well as priests unto God, and as strong in faith as he: and the house of David [shall be] as God ; the stronger sort of believers among them, such as are strong in the Lord, in the grace of faith, and in the doctrines of the Gospel; they shall have much of God with them, great grace upon them, and be like unto him in goodness, truth, and holiness: or they shall be like “Elohim”, the angels, as this word is rendered, ( Psalm 8:5) for knowledge, purity, and readiness to do the will of God; and it follows: as the Angel of the Lord before them ; that is, as Christ, who is the Angel of the covenant, and of the divine Presence; and in whom the name of the Lord is; who is at the head of his people, and goes before them, as their Leader and Commander, and the Captain of salvation, ( Micah 2:13) whose image they bear, and into which they are changed from glory to glory by the spirit of God; and which will now be very clearly discerned upon the saints in the latter day glory. Kimchi and Ben Melech, by “the house of David”, understand the King Messiah f270 , who was to be of the seed of David; and so does Cocceius, who takes the “as” to be a note, not of similitude, but of truth, he being truly God, and the Angel of Jehovah.
The Targum is, “the house of David shall be like great men or princes that shall prosper, as the Angel of God before them.”
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
ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 יגן 1598 יהוה 3068 בעד 1157 יושׁב 3427 ירושׁלם 3389 והיה 1961 הנכשׁל 3782 בהם ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 כדויד 1732 ובית 1004 דויד 1732 כאלהים 430 כמלאך 4397 יהוה 3068 לפניהם׃ 6440
