so, again, have I thought in these days, now that the covenant relation was once more established, to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Fear ye not, this being the content of every true Gospel-message. Since God is gracious for the sake of the Messiah, therefore men have no reason to fear as long as they put their trust in Him alone.
SO HAVE I TURNED AND PURPOSED IN THESE DAYS TO DO WELL UNTO JERUSALEM - Dionysius: “God, to be better understood, speaketh with the feelings and after the manner of men, although, in the passionless a...
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...
"The ground upon which the promise rests is given in Zechariah 8:14-15, and it is closed in Zechariah 8:16-17, by the addition of the condition on which it is to be fulfilled." Keil....
THE FIFTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:14-17 RV. For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not; so aga...
_SO AGAIN HAVE I THOUGHT IN THESE DAYS TO DO WELL UNTO JERUSALEM AND TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH: FEAR YE NOT._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
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...
(14-17) As the Captivity had been brought about by God’s decree, so, too, the Restoration. The people, therefore, need not fear, if only they do that which is righteous in His sight....
כֵּ֣ן שַׁ֤בְתִּי זָמַ֨מְתִּי֙ בַּ † יָּמִ֣ים הָ...
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...
So again have I thought in these days (i) to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. (i) Which declares that man cannot turn to God until he changes man's heart by his Spirit, an...
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...
Now at the end of the verse the Prophet reminds us of the application of his doctrine, even to encourage the Jews, that they might go on with alacrity in the work of building the temple. But we have s...
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...
SO AGAIN,.... Or "so I am returned" n, as in Zechariah 8:3: HAVE I THOUGHT IN THESE DAYS TO DO WELL UNTO JERUSALEM, AND TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; by bestowing the above mentioned blessings on them; and...
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. Ver. 15. _So again have I thought_] _Sic conversus sum._ This change was not in God, but in the...
_As I thought to punish you_ As my wisdom saw it to be fit and necessary to punish your nation; and I accordingly did punish it, when your fathers transgressed my laws in such a manner that my justice...
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...
SO AGAIN; so with like steadiness of mind with an equal unchangeableness, I have purposed and promised to do well to you, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and house of Judah. FEAR YE NOT; for if in punishin...
Zechariah 8:15 again H7725 (H8804) days H3117 determined H2161 (H8804) good H3190 (H8687) Jerusalem H3389 house
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...
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 8:15 GOOD. The Lord’s commitment to bless this new generation should free them from FEAR. It should motivate them to a new obedience characterized by truth, justice, and gr...
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...
Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 43:2; Jeremiah 29:11; Jeremiah 32:42; Luke 12:32
So — So with like steadiness of mind I have purposed to do well to you....