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Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory [shall be spread] a covering.
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A New Exodus Promise
Commentators unanimously explain that the 'cloud by day' and 'fire by night' is a powerful reference to the Exodus. God is promising His future people—the church—the same constant, guiding, and protective presence that He gave Israel in the wilderness. This isn't a literal pillar of fire, but a promise that His divine protection will be just as real and manifest.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Lord will create - The meaning of this verse and the next is that God would take his people into his holy care and protecti…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord will create ...—The verb “create” has all the solemn force with which we find it in Genesis 1:1. It is one o…
16th Century
Protestant
And Jehovah will create on every dwelling-place of Mount Zion. It is as if he had said that “there will not be a corner of Mount Zion on w…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord will create on every dwelling place of Mount Zion That is, on every part…
Not only the establishment of Christ's kingdom in the time of the apostles, but also its enlargement by gathering the dispersed Jews into the churc…
13th Century
Catholic
In that day. Here the prophet promises exaltation in the face of the oppression of tyrants.
He promises this in th…
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