John Trapp on Zechariah 2:9

Verſe 9. For behold, I will ſhake mine hand upon them] Kings, they ſay, have long hands; and can eaſily reach thoſe that are farre diſtant, This is much more true of the King immertall: who can quickly crumble, to crackle the mightieſt monarchs: he cuts off the ſpirit of Princes, Pſal. 76.12. he ſlips them off, (ſo the Hebrew there imports) as one would ſlip off a floure between ones fingers: or as one ſhould flip off a bunch of grapes. If the Lord do no more but ariſe, his enemies ſhalt be ſcattered, Pſal. 68.1. If he do but ſhew himſelf in the field (as Xerxes uſed to pitch bis Tent on high, and ſtand looking on his Army when in fight) the Philiſtines will be heard to cry out; God is come into the camp: Wo unto us; who ſhall deliver us out of the hands of theſe mighty Gods, &c 1 Sam. 4.8. But if he once ſhake his hand, (that mighty hand, as Saint James calleth it, that ſpanneth the heavens, and ſhaketh the foundations of the earth) how much more if he ſmite with the hand, Ezek. 6.11. and ſtamp with the foot, (as the Prophet in another caſe; and as Pompey vainly vaunted, that with a ſtamp on the ground of Italy, he could raiſe an Army) the ſinners againſt Zion are ſoon afraid;Eſay 33.14. Jer. 4.13. fearfulneſſe ſurprizeth the hypocrites. Wo unto us, ſay they, for we are ſpoiled. The very ſhaking of his hand at them, ſhall make their hearts ake, ſhake and fall aſunder in their boſomes, as drops of water.

and they ſhall be a ſpoil to their ſervants] i.e. To the Jews, whom they lately ſpoiled and enſlaved. This was fulfilled in Eſthers dayes: and afterwards in the time of the Maccabees. Beſides, what is yet expected to be done by the nation of the Jews; when, at their glorious converſion, Chriſt ſhall dwell among them, verſ. 10. and the multitude of Nations ſhall joyn themſelves to Chriſt, ver. 11. the Jewes inhabiting in their own land, verſ. 12. to the ſilencing, amuſing, and amazing of all fleſh, verſ. 13. whileſt the enemies of the Church by them ſubdued, Zach. 10.11. and poſſeſſed, Eſay 14.2. Obad. 17, 19. ſhall willingly, or perforce come under Chriſts obedience. The converſion of the Gentiles (ſaith a learned Authour) is many times intimated by the Iſraelites maſtering of them, ſpoiling them,The calling of the Jews by Sir H. Finch. poſſeſſing them for ſervants, and for hand-maids, as Eſay 14.2. Am. 9.11. Obad. 19. and here, which is not meant ſo much of a temporall ſubduing, as of a ſpirituall joyning with them in ſeeking of the Lord; yet ſo as the chief ſoeveraignty and ſtroke of keeping men within the liſts of their ſubjection and obedience unto Chriſt, ſhall remain among the Jews. And ſo Saint James teacheth us to expound thoſe phraſes, Act. 15.17. where that which Amos ſaith, that they (the Iſraelites) may poſſeſſe the remnant of Edom, James rendreth, that the reſidue of men may ſeek after the Lord. The enemy, whom indeed, the Jews ſhall ſpoil, root out, and deſtroy, after they have groaned long under his hard yoke. and bondage, is Gog and Magog, that is to ſay, the Turk, Ezech. 38. and 39 with whom they ſhall have a marvellous conflict, as it may ſeem in their own countrey, Ezech. 39.2, 4. Dan. 11.44, 45. and over whom they ſhall obtain a noble victory (God from heaven miraculouſly fighting for them, Ezech. 38.18, 19, &c. Zach. 14.3, 4, 5.) at, or near Jeruſalem, Joel 3.2. Ezech. 39.16. This enemy is not alwayes repreſented by one and the ſame name: but ſometimes he is called Moab, Edom, Rabbah, Aſhur, Javan: haply becauſe thoſe that inhabit the ſeat of theſe people ſhall joyne hands with the Turk, and fall in the ſame deſtruction. Sometimes he is called Leviathan, Eſay 27.1. Ezek. 38.2. Dan. 11.40. from his quality; ſometimes Gog and Magog, from his countrey; ſometimes the king of the North, from his territory. But by all theſe names, one and the ſame enemy is underſtood: which marvellouſly cleareth the place in Ezekiel, chap. 38.17. where the Lord by his Prophet ſpeaketh to Gog in this wiſe; Art thou he of whom I have ſpoken in ancient time by my ſervants the Prophets of Iſrael, which prophecied in theſe dayes and years. He cannot mean Himſelf, nor Daniel, which was but his contemporary, much leſſe Zachary that came after: but he meaneth, the ancient Prophets long before, who ſpake of the ſame perſon, though not by the ſame name.

and ye ſhall know that the Lord of Hoſts hath ſent me] You ſhall ſubſcribe to the truth of theſe promiſes, which now you can very hardly be brought to beleeve: when God ſhall have fulfilled with his hand that which he had ſpoken with his mouth, as Solomons phraſe is, 1 King. 8.15.