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“The book of the prophet Zechariah is not much studied or adequately understood in our day. When it is used, the visions and eschatological material are frequently given too much emphasis and attention so that somewhat fantastic results have been arrived at, which have caused men to wonder at the book rather than to seek to appropriate its wealth and comfort and instruction… We should like to do...

Since “Shinar” is the old name for the land where Babylon was located, it is significant that it is used. Prophets do employ it for Babylon, Isa. 11:11; Dan. 1:2; but it usually seems to have a connotation of what Shinar stood for when it first appears in the Scriptures, When it is first used (Gen. 10:10; 11:2) it reminds us of the ungodly attempts of Nimrod to found earthly kingdoms and of the heaven-storming projects of the men who built the tower of Babel. Since the land was marked by this spirit
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