22<\/strong>. I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms<\/em>, &c.] After repeating, in ver. 21, the prediction of ver. 6, “I will shake the heavens and the earth,” the prophet expands in this verse the prediction of ver. 7, “I will shake all nations.” This is made more clear in R. V. by keeping the same English word nations<\/em> ( heathen<\/em>, A. V.) for the same Heb. word in this verse and verse 7. The terms here employed are too wide to be satisfied by any event in the life of Zerubbabel: “There was in Zerubbabel’s time no shaking of the heaven or of nations. Darius had indeed to put down an unusual number of rebellions in the first few years after his accession; but, although he magnified himself on occasion of their suppression, they were only so many distinct and unconcerted revolts, each under its own head. All were far away in the distant East. The Persian empire<\/em>, spread ‘probably over 2,000,000 square miles, or more than half of modern Europe,’ was not threatened; no foreign enemy assailed it; one impostor only claimed the throne of Darius. This would, if successful, have been, like his own accession, a change of dynasty, affecting nothing externally. But neither were lasting, some were very trifling.” Pusey. The prophecy reaches forth to the more distant future, and still awaits its full accomplishment.<\/p>\n shall come down<\/em> ] i.e. be brought low<\/em>. Comp. Isa 34:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms:<\/B> now Babylonians are subjected to the Persian power, and this standeth on the strength of many kingdoms, and seems to be one throne secured by all the power of the known world, and can hardly be hoped to be hereafter better than an enemy and opposer of the Jews, and their restoring of the worship of God: for comfort in this case here is foretold Gods overthrowing them, in case they oppose. <\/P> I will destroy the strength:<\/B> this seems an explaining of the former, and a confirming it too. Though the Gentiles of many kingdoms united in all their strength, set to hinder this work, this shall succeed so contrary to their expectation, that not you, but they shall find destruction as the end thereof; which was verified in the successive ruin of the Persian, Grecian, and Syrian kingdoms, all which oppressed the church, and were destroyed for it. <\/P> Every one by the sword of his brother:<\/B> this passage foreshows that God will, by suffering civil wars to arise among these nations, ruin them by themselves, as in truth they did: now whilst those commotions and overthrows perplex and hurt the Jews, yet they were an occasion sometimes of some respite to them; their enemies were engaged on other designs, and could not mind mischief to the Jews. <\/P> <\/p>\n 22.<\/B> All other world kingdoms areto be overthrown to make way for Christ’s universal kingdom (Da2:44<\/span>). War chariots are to give place to His reign of peace(Mic 5:10<\/span>; Zec 9:10<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms<\/strong>,…. The Persian monarchy, which consisted of various kingdoms and nations, and was destroyed under Darius Codomannus by Alexander the great, who fought with him three pitched battles, and overcame him; but the thing was of the Lord, according to his purpose and will, and by his power and providence; and therefore the overthrow is ascribed to him. The Jews t say that the Persian monarchy fell by the Grecians thirty four years after the building of the temple; but very wrongly, it lasted longer:<\/p>\n and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen<\/strong>; the empire of Alexander, which was a very strong one, and contained in it many kingdoms and nations, even the whole world, at least as he thought; and which was divided after his death into several kingdoms; the strength of which was greatly weakened by one another, and at last entirely destroyed by the Romans as instruments:<\/p>\n and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down<\/strong>; which may refer either to the chariots and horses, and their riders, belonging to the Grecians, and used in their wars; or else this may describe the empire of the Romans, which in its turn should be destroyed, famous for their triumphal chariots:<\/p>\n everyone by the sword of his brother<\/strong>; by civil wars, which was remarkably true of the successors of Alexander, as appears from Josephus u and Justin w: this may be applied to all the kingdoms of this world, which will all be demolished, and be brought into subjection to Christ, and his kingdom shall be set up in the world, the son and antitype of Zerubbabel, of whom the following words are to be understood; see Da 2:44<\/span>. Abendana interprets it of the army of Gog and Magog, who shall fall everyone by the sword of his brother.<\/p>\n t Seder Olam Rabba, c. 30. p. 91. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 18. 1. u Antiqu. l. 12. c. 1. sect. 1. w E. Trogo, l. 13. c. 6.<\/p>\n Hag 2:22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.<\/p>\n Ver. 22. And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms<\/strong> ] sc.<\/em> “By pouring contempt upon princes, and causing them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way,” Psa 107:40<\/span> (as he dealt with Darius, the last Persian monarch); “by putting down the mighty from their seat, and exalting them of low degree,” Luk 1:52<\/span> (as he dealt with Bajazet, the Great Turk, and Tamerlane, the Scythian shepherd); by changing the times and the seasons, removing kings, and setting up others in their stead, Dan 2:21<\/span> . All this God will do, and all that follows in the text, viz. destroy the strength of kingdoms, overthrow the chariots and their riders, &c., rather than his Church shall be unhelped or his kingdom of grace hindered. “Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth,” Psa 124:8<\/span> , and will rather unmake all again than we shall be unrelieved. “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion,” Psa 2:6<\/span> . Yet, for all the sorrow, for all the malicious machinations and attempts of his enemies to the contrary; who are therehence admonished to be wise for themselves, and to kiss the Son, for he must reign, and all his foes must be his footstool. There is a council in heaven will dash the mould of all contrary councils upon earth. The stone cut out of the mountain without hands (which is Christ the conqueror) will break in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold. And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever, Dan 2:44-45<\/span> . So, Dan 7:21-22<\/span> ; Dan 7:26-27<\/span> , after that the prophet had described the greatness and glory of all the four menarchies, at length he comes to speak of a kingdom which is the greatest and mightiest under the whole heaven, and that is the kingdom of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom: and all rulers shall serve and obey him, Dan 7:27<\/span> .<\/p>\n heathen = nations. <\/p>\n overthrow: Isa 60:12, Eze 21:27, Dan 2:34, Dan 2:35, Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45, Dan 7:25-27, Dan 8:25, Mic 5:8, Mic 5:15, Zep 3:8, Zec 10:11, Zec 12:2-5, Zec 14:3, Mat 24:7, Rev 11:15 <\/p>\n and I will overthrow the chariots: Exo 14:17, Exo 14:28, Exo 15:4, Exo 15:19, Psa 46:9, Psa 76:6, Eze 39:20, Mic 5:10, Zec 4:6, Zec 9:10 <\/p>\n every: Jdg 7:22, 1Sa 14:16, 2Ch 20:22, Isa 9:19, Isa 19:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 1:46 – General Isa 2:19 – when he Isa 13:13 – I will Isa 23:10 – no more Isa 24:21 – the Lord Isa 47:1 – there is Jer 50:37 – their horses Jer 51:21 – General Eze 38:19 – Surely Eze 38:21 – every Hag 2:6 – Yet Zec 10:5 – and the riders on horses shall be confounded Zec 11:6 – deliver Zec 12:3 – in that Zec 12:9 – I will Mar 13:8 – nation shall Luk 21:10 – Nation shall Heb 12:26 – Yet once Rev 6:12 – the sun<\/p>\n Hag 2:22. The comments on that passage shows the prediction to have reference to the church or kingdom of Christ, The present verse adds the specific prediction that God would overthrow the throne of the kingdom. This is the same prediction that is meant in Dan 2:44 concerning the perpetuity of the kingdom of Christ.<\/p>\n 2:22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the {n} kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.<\/p>\n (n) By this he shows that there will be no stop or hindrance, when God will make this wonderful restitution of his Church.<\/p>\n The Lord announced that He was going to overthrow the rulers of the nations of the earth (cf. Exo 15:5; Dan 2:34-35; Dan 2:44-45). He would defeat their armies by turning them against each other (cf. Zec 12:2-9; Zec 14:1-5; Rev 16:16-18; Rev 19:11-21).<\/p>\n And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. 22. 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