Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 4:7

7 Who art thou, O great mountain ? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain , and he shall bring forth the head stone thereof with shoutings : crying, Grace, grace unto it.

The Angel having resolved the question about building the Temple, either himself doth deride all the power of opposers, or the Prophet doth triumph over it▪ who art thou? Sanballat and Confederates, or Satan, or Babylon, or all put together what are you all? compar'd with the power of God the Lord of Hosts who by his Spirit will finish this work?

Thou standest in the way of my Servant, and thinkest his weakness, and poverty cannot remove thee, but if he cannot surmount thy height I will bring it down and make thee as a plain, and my servant shall as easily go on with my work as a Traveller goeth over a way plain'd before him.

Zerubbabel as the Servant of Christ.

Shall, as is usual, assist at the laying of the last finishing stone, as well as he saw and assisted when the first foundation stone was laid

of the second Temple.

With loud acclamations the signs of great joy, and satisfaction in the thing done.

Praying, and wishing all prosperity, and a long continuance of it, to the Temple and those that are to Worship God in it, as Grace and favour of God began, and finisht, so may the same grace ever dwell in it, and replenish it.

Marginal references: Ezra 3.11, 13.