1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Zechariah 6:12

And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: *Behold a man, the Orient is his name: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord.

Luke 1:78.

Orient. Protestants, "the branch, and he shall grow up out of his place." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "under or from himself." This alludes to the miraculous birth of Christ, (Isaias 11:1.) whom the prophet had principally in view; though his hearers might naturally understand (Calmet) Zorobabel, who was to preserve the royal family and build the temple. (Theodoret; St. Jerome) --- Yet he was only a shadow of the Messias, Zacharias 3:8. (Calmet)