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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. The fifth night vision (Zechariah 4:1) _
2. The questions of the prophet answered (Zechariah 4:11)
Zechariah 4:1. There was a rest for the prophet between the fourth and
fifth nigh
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THE HANDS, &c. Here is the explanation _of_ the vision.
THOU SHALT KNOW. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate,
read "ye shall know"....
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_thou shalt know_, &c. It is again asserted that the divine mission of
the angel shall be proved by the accomplishment of that which he
predicts. Comp. Zechariah 2:11; Deuteronomy 18:22....
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CHAPTER XXXI
A VISION OF A MENORAH AND OLIVE TREES
ZECHARIAH, CHAPTER Zechariah 4:1-14
RX. And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a
man that is wakened out of his sleep. And...
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THE FIFTH VISION
The prophet's thoughts now turn to the civil ruler Zerubbabel. The
purpose of the fifth vision is to encourage him in the difficult task
of rebuilding the Temple,
1-5, 11-14. The gol...
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A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of
Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in
Zechariah 1:7 to...
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THOU... UNTO YOU. — Such a change in number is common in Hebrew,
especially when addressing a nation, which at one time is looked on as
a corporate unity, at another as a collection of individuals. Or...
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יְדֵ֣י זְרֻבָּבֶ֗ל יִסְּד֛וּ הַ
בַּ֥יִת הַ זּ
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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“NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER”
Zechariah 4:1-14
Zerubbabel had faltered in the great work of reconstruction and had
practically lost heart. Here he is encouraged to renew his efforts and
persevere to th...
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The vision of the candlestick immediately following sets forth Israel
as fulfilling the divine intention. In the divinely appointed ritual
of Israel's worship the candlestick stood in the holy place,...
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and (g) thou shalt know that the LORD of
hosts hath sent me to you.
(g) Meaning, the Prophet, that I am...
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"And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and
behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and
his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, wh...
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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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This is what the angel had in view in these words, _The hands of
Zerubbabel have founded this house_. Of the foundation there was
indeed no doubt; but many believed that the building would ever remain...
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After this Zechariah is, as it were, awakened by God to see all the
perfect order of that which He was going to establish. Here also the
present grace furnishes the occasion for the revelation of the...
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THE HANDS OF ZERUBBABEL HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THIS HOUSE,....
The temple at Jerusalem, which was laid, or however renewed, after it
had been long neglected, even the four and twentieth day of th...
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his
hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts
hath sent me unto you.
Ver. 9. _The hands of Zerubbabel have...
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_Who_, rather, _What art thou, O great mountain_ O great obstacle,
apparently as insurmountable and immoveable as a high mountain.
_Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain_ Thou shalt sink into
no...
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The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, this
having been done some sixteen years before; HIS HANDS SHALL ALSO
FINISH IT, as they did some four years later; AND THOU SHALT KNOW...
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THE VISION OF THE CANDLESTICK AND OF THE TWO OLIVE-TREES.
After the prophet had been a witness of the first four visions, he was
so overwhelmed by the revelations vouchsafed him that he fell into a
tr...
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THE FIFTH VISION - THE LAMPSTAND
(vv. 1-14)
The next vision requires Zechariah's being awakened by the angel who
spoke with him. Our natural inclination would not discern the truth of
a vision like...
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8-10 The exact fulfilment of Scripture prophecies is a convincing
proof of their Divine original. Though the instruments be weak and
unlikely, yet God often chooses such, to bring about great things...
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THE HANDS; perhaps (as is customary) he did lay the first stone with
his own hands; or rather, his direction, and command, and under his
conduct. HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION, in the second year of Cyrus,...
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Zechariah 4:9 hands H3027 Zerubbabel H2216 foundation H3245 (H8765)
temple H1004 hands H3027 finish H1214 (H8762) k
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THE FIFTH VISION. THE LIVING GOD AMONG HIS PEOPLE - THE GOLDEN
LAMPSTAND AND THE TWO OLIVE TREES (ZECHARIAH 4:1).
It will have been noted that the work of the Messiah has been
connected with the High...
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Zechariah 4:1
The candelabrum and olive trees.
I. By the candelabrum was symbolised the Israelitish community, the
nation of the old covenant, the people of theocracy. But Israel was
itself a symbol...
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CONTENTS: Vision of the golden candlestick and two olive trees.
Zerubbabel designated to finish the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Zechariah, Zerubbabel, Joshua, the
angel.
CONCLUSION: God wi...
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Zechariah 4:1. _The angel that talked with me came again._ This was
Michael the archangel, who had before appeared to the prophet, as
mentioned in Zechariah 1:8.
Zechariah 4:2. _A candlestick and seve...
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_Who art thou, O great mountain _
THE TEMPLE OF GOD BUILT AMIDST DIFFICULTIES
I. THE SEEMING DIFFICULTIES IN OUR LORD’S WAY. Solomon raised his
goodly structure in quiet. Joshua and Zerubbabel had d...
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_Behold a candlestick all of gold _
THE CANDELABRUM AND OLIVE TREES
That by the candelabrum was symbolised the Israelitish community, the
people of the theocracy, may be regarded as generally conced...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 4:1 The fifth vision consists of a solid
gold LAMPSTAND flanked by TWO OLIVE TREES (v. Zechariah 4:3
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 4:9.] Additional information. FINISH] So he did, in the
sixth year of Darius (Ezra 6:15).
ZECHARIAH 4:10. DAY OF SMALL THINGS] “The short period which had
elapsed since the...
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EXPOSITION
ZECHARIAH 4:1
§ 7. _The fifth vision: the golden candlestick._
ZECHARIAH 4:1
THE ANGEL THAT TALKED WITH ME. The interpreting angel is meant. CAME
AGAIN, AND WAKED ME. It is thoug
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Now the angel that talked with me came again, and he waked me, as a
man that is wakened out of his sleep, and he said unto me, What do you
see? And I said, I have looked, and behold there's a candlest...
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Ezra 3:8; Ezra 5:16; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 6:15; Hebrews 12:2;...
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Thou — Zerubbabel and all the Jews....