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Verse Zechariah 1:6. _DID THEY NOT TAKE HOLD OF YOUR FATHERS?_] Every
thing happened according to the predictions, and they were obliged to
acknowledge this; and yet they would not turn from their evi...
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ONLY MY WORDS AND MY DECREES - Which God spake by them, “did not
they overtake them?” (as Psalms 2:7; Zephaniah 2:2). Pagan
reminiscence of God’s justice acknowledged , “Rarely hath
punishment with li...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
1. THE NIGHT VISIONS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _
2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7)
3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
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This rebuke (see above, p. 575) seems inconsistent with a date five
weeks or more after work had been begun at the Temple and at least ten
days after the prophecy in Haggai 2:1. The clumsy handiwork o...
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TAKE HOLD OF. overtake. Compare Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 28:45.
SAID. See Lamentations 1:18....
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_my statutes_ or DECREES. The word may be used here, as it is in
Zephaniah 2:2; Psalms 2:7 (in both which places it is rendered
_decree_in A. V.), of some punishment, which God had purposed or
decreed...
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The lesson conveyed by these two verses, which must be taken together,
is the same as that contained in the words of Isaiah (Isaiah 40:6;
Isaiah 40:8), "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness ther...
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The call to Repentance. Zechariah's first message is one of warning,
by the example of their fathers and the earlier prophets. On their
fathers, as they well knew, the displeasure of Almighty God had...
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DISCOURSE: 1237
AN EXHORTATION TO TURN TO GOD
Zechariah 1:3. 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 Hos...
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BUT MY WORDS, &C.— _Certainly, my words and my decrees, which I
commanded,_ &c. _happened to your fathers; who when they repented,
said,_ &c. Houbigant....
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CHAPTER XXVI
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I
Zechariah 1:1-6
RV. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word
of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
proph...
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1:6 thought (a-30) Or 'devised,' 'purposed,' as Jeremiah 4:28 ....
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LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIONS
1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance.
8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the
affairs of the...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And
these events did happen.’
(Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
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(1-6) On the four-and-twentieth day of the sixth mouth of the second
year (B.C. 520) of Darius Hystaspis, the re-building of the Temple had
been resumed (Haggai 1:15); and in the seventh month, on the...
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MY WORDS. — True, says the prophet, both your fathers and the former
prophets are dead; “but” for all that, the words of the prophets
were actually fulfilled in your fathers, as they themselves confes...
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אַ֣ךְ ׀ דְּבָרַ֣י וְ חֻקַּ֗י אֲשֶׁ֤ר
צִוִּ֨יתִי֙...
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ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET
Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14
ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished
from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student.
This...
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A VISION OF PARDON AND RESTORATION
Zechariah 1:1-17
Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on
the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain,
and th...
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About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had
encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the
memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He
ga...
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But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the
prophets, did they not take hold of (f) your fathers? and (g) they
returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us,
a...
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_Fathers. They felt their effects. (Haydock) --- Returned; being
converted by the sight of God's judgments, Osee iv. 1., and 2 Esdras
i. 6._...
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"The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. (3) 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 LOR...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his
prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes
a great deal far...
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He then immediately adds, _But my words and my statutes _(15) _which I
have committed to my Prophets, have they not laid hold on your
fathers? _We have seen that he made a concession in the last verse...
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The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs
that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the
word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
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BUT MY WORDS AND MY STATUTES, WHICH I COMMANDED MY SERVANTS THE
PROPHETS,.... That is, the predictions which he ordered his prophets
to declare in his name, that their fathers should die by the sword,...
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_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, accordin...
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_Therefore say_ Rather, _but say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord,
Turn ye unto me_ The word _turn_, as it related to the people,
signified that they should change their corrupt manners and turn to...
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A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
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But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants, the
prophets, namely, that they should proclaim them, threatening the
Lord's punishment in case of disobedience, DID THEY NOT TAKE HOLD OF...
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GOD'S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
(vv. 1-6)
Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of
Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed
time"). Israel had long been...
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TAKE HOLD:
Or, overtake...
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1-6 God's almighty power and sovereign dominion, should engage and
encourage sinners to repent and turn to Him. It is very desirable to
have the Lord of hosts for our friend, and very dreadful to hav...
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BUT MY WORDS, the dreadful menaces which I spake by my prophets, and
my statutes, the decreed judgments which my provoked justice resolved
to execute on them, which I commanded my servants the prophet...
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Zechariah 1:6 words H1697 statutes H2706 commanded H6680 (H8765)
servants H5650 prophets H5030 overtake H5381 (H8689
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GOD'S CALL TO THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO HIM AND LIVE IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS
DEMANDS - THE OFFER OF A NEW BEGINNING (ZECHARIAH 1:1).
Zechariah is the prophet of the new beginning, but as is always so
with...
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Zechariah 1:5
I. Consider, first, the solemn and yet familiar thought here of the
passing away of the hearers and the speakers alike.
II. Notice, next, the contrast between the fleeting hearers and
s...
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CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's
dispreasure with the nations.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah.
CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were
un...
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Zechariah 1:1. _Zechariah;_ that is, the memory of God; a name which
might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in
Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in concer...
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_But My words _
THE DYING MEN AND THE UNDYING WORD
The text comes from the first of Zechariah’s prophecies.
In it he lays the foundation for all that he has subsequently to say.
He points to the pas...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s
sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of
restoration ...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:6 The people’s forefathers ignored
the Lord’s PROPHETS and were judged. Though the prophets themselves
died, the WORDS and STATUTES of the Lord that they spok
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 1:5. FATHERS] have perished; their fate should warn you. But
you may object, the _prophets_ also are dead, and apparently their
words died with them.
ZECHARIAH 1:6.] No; th...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-6:15
Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS, AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION.
ZECHARIAH 1:1
§ 1. _Title of the book, and author. _THE EIGHTH MONTH. This was
called Bul before the Captivit
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Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah
beginning with chapter 1.
Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week,
Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
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1 Thessalonians 5:4; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Amos 9:10; Daniel 9:11;...
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THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES
Zechariah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen
people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...
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My words — The dreadful menaces which I spake. My statutes — The
decreed judgments which I resolved to execute on them, which by my
prophets I proclaimed. Take hold — Overtake as a pursuing enemy
over...