In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The man among the myrtles-Comforting explanation by the angel, an encouragement to the Jews to build the city and temple-The four horns and four... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. THE LORD HATH BEEN SORE DISPLEASED WITH YOUR FATHERS. God fulfilled His threats against your fathers; beware, then, lest by disregarding his voice by me, as they did in the case of former prophets, ye suffer like them. The special object Zech... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. THUS SAITH THE LARD OF HOSTS - a phrase frequent in Haggai and Zechariah, implying God's boundless resources and universal power, so as to insp... [ Continue Reading ]
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. BE YE NOT AS YOUR FATHERS. The Jews boasted of their fathers; but he... [ Continue Reading ]
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? YOUR FATHERS, WHERE ARE THEY? AND THE PROPHETS, DO THEY LIVE FOREVER? - In contrast to "my words" (), "which endure forever" (). 'Your fathers have perished, as was foretold; and their fate ought to warn you. But you may say,... [ Continue Reading ]
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. BUT MY WORDS AND MY STATUTE... [ Continue Reading ]
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, UPON THE FOUR AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH. The general plan of the nine... [ Continue Reading ]
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. I SAW BY NIGHT. The Jews begin their day with sunset; therefore the night is meant which preceded the 24th day of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME - not the "man upon the red horse among the myrtle trees," as is evident from the tenth verse, where He (the Divine Angel) is distinguished from th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. AND THE MAN THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES ANSWERED. The "Angel of the Covenant" here gives the reply, instead of the interpreting angel, to imply that... [ Continue Reading ]
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. AND THEY ANSWERED THE ANGEL OF THE LORD THAT STOOD AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES ... WE HAVE WALKED TO AND FRO THRO... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? THEN THE ANGEL OF THE LORD ... Not only does Messiah stand among His people (the "myrtl... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. AND THE LORD - Yahweh, called "the angel of the Lord" (Yahweh) (). ANSWERED THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME WITH GOOD WORDS AND COMFORTABLE WORDS - literally, words, consolations. The subject of these cons... [ Continue Reading ]
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. CRY THOU - Proclaim so as to be heard clearly by all (; ). I AM JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM - as a husband jealous for his wife, wronged by o... [ Continue Reading ]
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN - in contrast with "I was but a little displeased" with my people. God's displeasure with His people is tempo... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD; I AM RETURNED TO JERUSALEM - whereas in anger I had before withdrawn from her, having... [ Continue Reading ]
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. CRY YET ... THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; MY CITIES - not only Jerusalem, but the subordinate cities of Judah. God claims t... [ Continue Reading ]
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. The power of the Jews' foes shall be dissipated. Verse 18. BEHOLD, FOUR HORNS. To a pastoral people like the Jews the horns of the strongest in the herd naturally suggested a symbol of power and pride of conscious strength: hence, "horn... [ Continue Reading ]