George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Zechariah 8:13
CHAPTER VIII.
Blessing. As the nations could wish no greater curse than what you have experienced, so you shall now be regarded as a most happy people.
CHAPTER VIII.
Blessing. As the nations could wish no greater curse than what you have experienced, so you shall now be regarded as a most happy people.
Verse Zechariah 8:13. _AS YE WERE A CURSE_] Instead of being execrated among the people, ye shall be blessed; instead of being reproached, ye shall be commended. Ye shall be a _blessing_ to all the na...
AS YE WERE A CURSE AMONG THE NATIONS, O HOUSE OF JUDAH AND HOUSE OF ISRAEL, SO I WILL SAVE YOU - The ten tribes bore the name of Israel, in contrast with the two tribes with the name of Judah, not onl...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The restoration announced (Zechariah 8:1) _ 2. The peace of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4) 3. The return to the land (Zechariah 8:6) 4. The blessing of the land and the people ...
ZECHARIAH 8:4 F. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympathetic...
AS. according as. HEATHEN. nations. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Looking on to the future fulfilment, which rests on the condition of Zechariah 8:8. YE SHALL BE. BLESSING. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 12:2...
These verses, introduced by the phrase, _Thus saith the Lord of hosts_, and beginning and ending with the same words, _Let your hands be strong_, form one continuous exhortation to persevere in rebuil...
_a curse … a blessing_ Either, the object of cursing and blessing, as men cursed you before so now they shall bless you (Jeremiah 22:9); or a formula of imprecation or benediction, God make thee like...
AS YE WERE A CURSE, &C.— A standing form of imprecations among the heathens, who wished that their enemies might be as miserable as the Jews. This was to be changed into a blessing, to the contrary ef...
THE FOURTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:9-13 RV. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the fo...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of host...
REITERATION OF GOD'S PROMISES CONCERNING JERUSALEM The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3). God has com...
A CURSE AMONG THE HEATHEN] a subject of reproach, something of which they spoke evil: see Jeremiah 24:9. 14, 15. God's promises of punishment were fulfilled; so surely also will be His promises of bl...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 8 V1 Again, the word of the *LORD of Everything came (to Zechariah). (The *LORD told him) to say this. V2 ‘This is what the *LORD...
Comp. Isaiah 46:9 with Jeremiah 24:9. The contents of this verse is the converse of that of Joshua 23:15....
וְ הָיָ֡ה כַּ אֲשֶׁר֩ הֱיִיתֶ֨ם קְלָלָ֜ה בַּ
Zechariah 8:1 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
TRUTH AND LOVE MUST PREVAIL Zechariah 8:1-17 In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men and women who wer...
The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only the...
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts...
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...
He goes on with the same subject, and in this verse he states two contrary things, in order to render more clear what he teaches here — that while God was angry the earth was barren, and all things we...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] AS YE WERE A CURSE AMONG THE HEATHEN,.... Reproached, vilified, and called accursed by them; see Jeremiah 24:9 as true Christians, and real believers in Christ, are b...
And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, [but] let your hands be strong....
_But now I will not be as in the former days_ But now, seeing that ye have proceeded in rebuilding my temple, I will order, by my divine providence, that things shall happen otherwise to you than they...
THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the heathen, 0 house of Judah and house of Israel, up. Jeremiah 42:18, SO WILL I SAVE YOU, AND YE SHALL BE A BLESSING, an example of God's bles...
THE POSITIVE ANSWER (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question ofZechariah 7:2. The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective work to...
9-17 Those only who lay their hands to the plough of duty, shall have them strengthened with the promises of mercy: those who avoid their fathers' faults have the curse turned into a blessing. Those...
AS YE WERE A CURSE; as threatened DEUTERONOMY 28:37 JEREMIAH 24:9, JEREMIAH 29:18, all which came upon them in this seventy years captivity, and the miseries that preceded. AMONG THE HEATHEN; nations...
Zechariah 8:13 curse H7045 nations H1471 house H1004 Judah H3063 house H1004 Israel H3478 save H3467 (H8686) ble
THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE IS AT HAND (ZECHARIAH 8:9). God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking it, but He wants them to know that He is now giving them another cha...
Zechariah 8:9. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of th...
Zechariah 8:1. _Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury._ Because t...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's unchanging purpose to restore Jerusalem and bless Israel in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem, the city of God, and Israel, the people of God, have G...
Zechariah 8:2. _I was jealous for Zion with great fury,_ to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun an...
_So I will save you _ MAN’S NEED AND GOD’S PROVISION I. Man in the natural and fallen state. “As ye were a curse among the heathen.” Sinners are under the curse of God. Mankind in general, as transgr...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:1 God is renewing his presence with his people. He is reaffirming his purpose to bless the nations through them. ⇐...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:12 With the temple reestablished, the Lord’s attitude toward his people changes. The temple’s reconstruction results in a SOWING OF PEACE, which is the blessings of agric...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 8:9.] Adversity followed neglect of duty, now blessings promised to create courage. HANDS] With such bright prospects be energetic and active (2 Samuel 16:21). THESE WORDS]...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 8:1 § 4. _The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace._ ZECHARIAH 8:1 AGAIN; rather, _and_. This chapter con...
Now again the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the LORD; I am re...
1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Kings 9:7; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 7:20;...