10 For who hath despised the day of the [a]small things? but they shall rejoice, and shall see the stone of [b]tin in the hand of Zerubbabel: [c]these seven are the eyes of the Lord, which go through the whole world.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 4:10 Signifying, that all were discouraged at the small and poor beginnings of the Temple.
  2. Zechariah 4:10 Whereby he signifieth the plummet and line, that is, that Zerubbabel which represented Christ, should go forward with his building to the joy and comfort of the godly, though the world be against him, and though his for a while be discouraged, because they see not things pleasant to the eye.
  3. Zechariah 4:10 That is, God hath seven eyes: meaning, a continual providence, so that neither Satan nor any power in the world, can go about to bring anything to pass to hinder his work, Zech. 5:9.

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