Zechariah 7:1
_Casleu, in our November or December. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Casleu, in our November or December. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_And. Septuagint from; (St. Jerome) or, "to Bethel sent Sarasar and Arbesesar, the king and his men, to render the face of the Lord propitious." (Haydock) --- These were Persian governors under Darius, (St. Jerome) or Cutheans, (Theodoret) or Jews, at a distance from the temple, though in the countr... [ Continue Reading ]
_The fifth month. They fasted on the tenth day of the fifth month; because on that day the temple was burnt. Therefore they inquire whether they are to continue that fast after the temple is rebuilt. See this query answered [in] ver. 19 of the following chapter. (Challoner) --- The third of the seve... [ Continue Reading ]
_Years, from the ruin of the temple till the fourth of Darius. --- Unto me? Did you grieve for the injury done to me; or was your sorrow caused by your own loss? The prophet gives not a direct answer; but sufficiently shews that exterior works of themselves are of little value. Whether the Jews ente... [ Continue Reading ]
_Yourselves, to gratify the senses more than from necessity, and without doing it for God's glory. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Prophets. He alludes to Isaias lviii. 3. See also Jeremias xiv. 12., and Joel ii. 12. The Jews were always too much attached to the letter, without minding the spirit of the law, being zealous for corporal rather than for spiritual works. --- South. Several of these cities were occupied by the Idum... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judgment. Avoid sinning, when you fast. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Devise. Septuagint, "wickedly remember in your hearts each one the evil of his brother." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Depart, so to leave the burden on their partner. (Hebrew) (Calmet) --- Literally, "giving way;" recedentem. Pope Sixtus V, recedentes. Septuagint, "they gave a contemptuous back," (Haydock) like a slave, whom the whip cannot correct._... [ Continue Reading ]
_As, &c. Hebrew, "of Samir;" a stone used to polish jewels. Septuagint, "disobedient."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_So shall. It seems the past time would be preferable; as Theodoret, St. Cyril, &c., understand it. (Calmet) --- Yet the Jews, whom the prophet addressed, were also reprehensible; and they or their posterity felt the effects of God's indignation, when he scattered them throughout the world, as we se... [ Continue Reading ]
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