Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the almighty Sovereign of the universe, Turn ye unto Me, saith the Lord of hosts, a most impressive call to the children of the former trespassers to repent. and I will turn unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
Verse Zechariah 1:3. _TURN YE UNTO ME_] This shows that they had _power_ to return, if they would but _use_ it. _AND I WILL TURN UNTO YOU_] I will show you mercy and grant you salvation, if you will...
THEREFORE SAY THOU - Literally, “And thou sayest,” that is, this having been so, it follows that thou sayest or must say, “Turn ye unto Me.” In some degree they had turned to God, for whose sake they...
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)...
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...
SAITH. hath said. THE LORD OF HOSTS. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Zebbaioth. App-4. This title occurs fifty-three times in this book, forty-four times in chs. 1-8, and nine times in chs. 9-14. It is characteri...
_saith the Lord of hosts_ See note on Haggai 2:6. In this verse the phrase occurs three times. The first and third times it is literally, "saith Jehovah of hosts." But the second time there is a varia...
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...
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...
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...
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 fre...
1:3 hosts, (f-18) This name is in Zech. 52 times....
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...
UNTO THEM] i.e. the people. THE LORD OF HOSTS] a frequent phrase in Zechariah. Probably the original idea was of Jehovah as the leader of Israel's armies, then of sun, moon, and stars, the hosts of he...
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...
(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...
UNTO THEM — _i.e.,_ to the prophet’s contemporaries, whose fathers are spoken of in the preceding verse. TURN YE... AND I WILL TURN. — These words need not imply any special backsliding on the part of...
וְ אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֗ם כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צ
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...
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...
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...
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; (d) Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. (d) Let your fruits declare that you are Go...
_Turn ye. Such expressions admonish us of our free-will, and when we answer, convert us, &c., (Lamentations v. 11.; Calmet) we confess that God's grace preventeth us. (Council of Trent, Session vi. 5....
"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...
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...
It then follows, _Thou shalt say to them, Return ye to me, and I will return to you _(11) The Prophet now expresses more clearly for what purpose he had spoken of God’s vengeance, with which he had vi...
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...
THEREFORE SAY THOU UNTO THEM,.... This is an order from the Lord to Zechariah, to say unto them, in the name of the Lord: THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; of the hosts above and below, of angels and of...
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. Ver. 3. _Therefore say thou unto them_] These...
_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...
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...
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...
THEREFORE, Heb. AND. SAY; command and require. UNTO THEM of the captivity who are returned to their own land. THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS; in my name, by the authority I have over them as Lord of hos...
Zechariah 1:3 say H559 (H8804) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 Return H7725 (H8798) says...
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...
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...
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...
_Turn ye unto Me. .. and I will turn unto you._ THE DIVINE ORDER OF ALL TRUE PROGRESS The first step is at all times to turn to the Lord; the second follows, “turn you now from your evil ways, and fr...
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 ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 1:2. SORE] Lit. displeased with displeasure, wrath not common, whose greatness is given as a ground for their return. ZECHARIAH 1:3. THEREFORE] Lit. and thou sayest, or mus...
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
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...
1 Kings 8:47; 1 Kings 8:48; 2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 30:6;...
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...