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Though a plethora of works on Zechariah have been issued in the past several years, few have advanced their arguments with the exegetical and literary excellence that marks this offering by George Klein. Clearly written and skillfully crafted, it will almost certainly rank among the top two or three commentaries that scholars, pastors, and laity alike will find to be reliable and useful in...

to “strength.”310 The word also indicates “faculty, power,” that is, the ability to effect something. The Lord’s blunt reminder declares that human agency is always insufficient to bring the Lord’s plans to fruition. The next negative, “nor by power” (bĕkōaḥ) indicates human resources in a more general sense (see Neh 4:10 where the same term describes the laborers’ strength).311 The preposition bĕ (NIV “by”) indicates agency or means.312 Together, the terms “might” and “power” form a hendiadys
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