and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, in mutually encouraging and admonishing one another, saying, Let us go speedily, literally, "Going let us go, with speed and earnestness," to pray before the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts, in an invitation and exhortation to worship the one true God; I will go also, the vivid form of speech showing the alacrity with which men would respond.
Verse Zechariah 8:21. _I WILL GO ALSO._] This is the answer of the person _invited_. It is a good work. We must have God for our friend. We cannot expect this unless we _seek_ him: and as we know not...
THE INHABITANTS OF ONE CITY SHALL GO TO ANOTHER - It is one unresting extension of the fairly, the restlessness of faith and love. Osorius: “They shall not be satisfied with their own salvation, carel...
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 ...
The coming restoration and subsequent restoration of Judah, which will be so distinguished by the blessing of the Lord, that all nations will be desirous of having him for their God....
LET US GO SPEEDILY. Figure of speech _Polyptolon._ App-6. Hebrew. going, let us go. Let us by all means go: or, speedily, as in Authorized Version. See note on Genesis 26:28. Compare Isaiah 2:3.Micah...
The Answer. Fourth Section In coming now to a direct answer to the question, out of which the whole prophecy arose, Almighty God enumerates not only _the fast of the fifth month_to which the question...
The joyful change shall extend, in its influence, to the heathen nations of the world. Comp. Isaiah 2:2-3; Micah 4:1-2....
_speedily_ Lit. COME LET US GO, TO GO, which may merely express the earnestness of the exhortation. "Omnes una et magno studio." Rosenm. _to pray before or to entreat the favour_, as in Zechariah 7:2...
DISCOURSE: 1250 THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES Zechariah 8:20. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, It shall yet come to pass, that there shall, come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhab...
THE SIXTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:18-23 RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of...
And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. LET US ... I WILL GO ALSO - manifesting zeal...
8:21 speedily (d-15) Or 'diligently.'...
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...
(18-23) This fourth section gives at last all that the prophet deigns to answer concerning the fast of the fifth month (Zechariah 7:3), and also concerning the other fasts. On the 9th or 17th of “the...
(20-23) The language of the promises contained in these verses is evidently borrowed from Micah 4:2; Isaiah 2:2. (Comp. Isaiah 45:14.) According to the figurative language of the Old Testament, the na...
AND THE INHABITANTS OF ONE CITY SHALL GO TO ANOTHER. — LXX., καὶ συνελεύσονται κατοικοῦντες πέντε πόλεις εἰς μίαν πόλιν, “and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city,” borrowing...
וְֽ הָלְכ֡וּ יֹשְׁבֵי֩ אַחַ֨ת אֶל ־אַחַ֜ת לֵ
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...
THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...
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; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go spee...
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 follows, _Come shall the inhabitants of one to one_, that is, the inhabitants of one city to another; _saying, going let us go_, _etc_. He means by these words, that there will be a mutual consent...
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 THE INHABITANTS OF ONE [CITY] SHALL GO TO ANOTHER,.... Which shows their concern for the spiritual welfare of each other, their zeal for the honour and glory of God, and their readiness to attend...
And the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Ver. 21. _And the inhabitants of one city sha...
_It shall yet come to pass_, &c. The design of this and the three following verses is evidently to show the high degree of estimation in which Jerusalem and the Jews would _hereafter_ be held, by fore...
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...
SPEEDILY: Or, continually. _Heb._ going PRAY BEFORE: _ Heb._ to intreat the face...
18-23 When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though t...
THE INHABITANTS OF ONE CITY SHALL GO TO ANOTHER; great was the zeal and forwardness of primitive converts to bring others into the church, and to acquaint them with the doctrine of Christ; and this is...
Zechariah 8:21 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) one H259 go H1980 (H8804) another H259 saying H559 (H8800) continue...
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 8:18). Zechariah 8:18 ‘And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts. The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the f...
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...
_Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord _ NATIONS MEETING FOR PRAYER A scene like this has never yet been witnessed upon the earth. The prophecy was partially fulfilled when, from the time of t...
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 8:20 This blessing extends beyond Israel to include the Gentiles: MANY PEOPLES AND STRONG NATIONS SHALL COME. ⇐
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 8:20. YET] Emphatic. PEOPLE] shall be attracted to God’s house. ZECHARIAH 8:21. SAYING] Mutually appealing to one another. SPEEDILY] Lit. go, going, implying intense earnes...
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...
Hosea 6:3; Psalms 103:22; Psalms 122:1; Psalms 146:1; Psalms 146:2;...
I will go also — The invited, shall with as much zeal embrace the motion, as others made it....