Charles Ellicott Commentary Zechariah 2:11

"And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee." — Zechariah 2:11 (ASV)

Many nations. —Compare Zechariah 8:20-22. This prophecy, which is clothed in Old Testament imagery, was spiritually fulfilled by the gathering-in of the Gentiles to the Church of Christ.

And ... . shall be joined. —LXX., καὶ καταφεύξονται, “and shall flee for refuge,” as in Jeremiah 1:5 (Jeremiah 27:5, Septuagint).

My people. —Heb., to me for a people. Septuagint, αὐτῷ εἰς λαὸν, “to Him for a people.” Instead of “And I will dwell,” Septuagint, καὶ κατασκηνώσουσιν, “and they shall dwell.”

And you ... to you. —The pronouns are in the feminine, and refer to the “daughter of Zion” (Zechariah 2:10).

Sent me. —The person changes . These words seem to imply an expectation of a near fulfilment of the prophecy, such as would prove to the people the truth of the prophet’s (or angel’s) mission. (Zechariah 6:15.) But when the promise was fulfilled in Christ, it was just “the city” that failed to perceive its fulfilment (Luke 19:44).