Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
their nobles--rather, "their Glorious One," or "Leader" (compare Acts 3:15; Hebrews 2:10), answering to "their Governor" in the parallel clause.
of themselves--of their own nation, a Jew, not a foreigner; applicable to Zerubbabel, or J. Hyrcanus (hereditary high priest and governor), only as types of Christ (Genesis 49:10; Micah 5:2; Romans 9:5), the antitypical "David" (Jeremiah 30:9).
cause him to draw near--as the great Priest (Exodus 19:22; Leviticus 21:17), through whom believers also have access to God (Hebrews 10:19-22). His priestly and kingly characters are similarly combined (Psalms 110:4; Zechariah 6:13).
who . . . engaged . . . heart to approach--literally, "pledged his heart," that is, his life; a thing unique; Messiah alone has made His life responsible as the surety (Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 9:11-15), in order to gain access not only for Himself, but for us to God. Heart is here used for life, to express the courage which it needed to undertake such a tremendous suretyship. The question implies admiration at one being found competent by His twofold nature, as God and man, for the task. Compare the interrogation (Isaiah 63:1-3).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 30:22
Micah 5:2
Zechariah 13:9
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