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Verse Zechariah 8:6. _IF IT BE MARVELLOUS_] You may think that this is
impossible, considering your present low condition: but suppose it be
impossible in _your eyes_, should it be _so_ in _mine_! _sa...
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IF IT SHOULD BE MARVELOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN
THOSE - (not these) days, shall it be marvelous in Mine eyes also?
saith the Lord of hosts Man’s anticipations, by reason of his...
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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 ...
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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...
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THE REMNANT. The exiles who had then returned. Compare Haggai 1:12;
Haggai 1:14.
SHOULD IT ALSO BE MARVELLOUS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis
18:14, where the verb is the same). App-92.
MINE EY...
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_in these days_ Rather, IN THOSE DAYS (as in R. V.), viz. in which it
comes to pass. "It is in the day of the fulfilment, not of the
anticipation, that they would seem marvellous in their eyes, as the...
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DISCOURSE: 1249
THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS
Zechariah 8:3. Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion, and will
dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem, shall be called a city
of truth; and t...
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IF IT BE MARVELLOUS— _Difficult._ Houbigant. It might seem difficult
and marvellous to the Jews of those times, that Jerusalem should be
called _a city of truth,_ and that it should be full of old men...
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THE THIRD ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:1-8 -
RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying, Thus-' saith
Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am
jealous for...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in
mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF...
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8:6 wonderful (d-9) wonderful (d-26) Or 'hard,' as Jeremiah 32:17
,Jeremiah 32:27 ....
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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...
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IF IT BE] Although it may seem incredible to the people, it is not
impossible to God: cp. Psalms 118:23; Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:2.
8. 'They shall be to me for a people': cp....
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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...
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IF IT BE MARVELLOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN THESE
DAYS. — Better, _though it was marvellous in the eyes of the remnant
of this people in those days, was it, therefore_ [or _will i...
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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות כִּ֣י
יִפָּלֵ֗א...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is (d) marvellous in the eyes of
the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous
in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
(d) He shows in what ou...
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_Days. If no prospect of such happiness now appear, is any thing
difficult to Omnipotence? (Haydock) (Luke i. 37.)_...
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Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2. Thus saith
the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion. With great jealousy, and I
was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord;...
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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...
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He sharply reproves here the lack of faith in the people; for as men
are wont to measure whatever is promised by their own understanding,
the door of entrance for these prophecies was nearly closed up...
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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...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... This is repeated for the same end as
before; Zechariah 8:4:
IF IT BE MARVELLOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN THESE
DAYS; either in the then present d...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in
mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
Ver. 6. _If it be marvel...
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_If it be marvellous_ If these things promised appear difficult, and
in a manner impossible; _in the eyes of the remnant of this people_ In
the judgment and opinion, or rather to the unbelief, of this...
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, If it be marvelous in the eyes of the
remnant of this people in these days, in the opinion of those who had
returned from the Babylonian captivity, SHOULD IT ALSO BE MARV...
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THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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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...
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MARVELLOUS:
Or, hard or difficult...
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1-8 The sins of Zion were her worst enemies. God will take away her
sins, and then no other enemies shall hurt her. Those who profess
religion must adorn their profession by godliness and honesty. Wh...
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Zechariah 8:6 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 marvelous H6381
(H8735) eyes H5869 remnant H7611 people...
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GOD DECLARES HIS PURPOSES FOR HIS PEOPLE WITH PROMISES OF GREAT
BLESSING (ZECHARIAH 8:1).
God now makes a number of declarations through Zechariah in respect of
His people.
· Firstly, ‘I am jealous...
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THESE DAYS
The "remnant" in (Zechariah 8:6); (Zechariah 8:11); (Zechariah 8:12)
refers to the remnant of Judah which returned from Babylon, and among
whom Zechariah was prophesying.
( See Scofield
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Zechariah 8:6
Our age is wonderful, not merely in the number of strange and
unprecedented things happening in it, and in the strange and
unprecedented character that belongs to it as a whole, but also...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Should it also be marvellous in Mine eyes?_
saith the Lord of hosts
THE LIMITS OF THE MARVELLOUS
Here is a prophetic picture of a time of peace and prosperity. To the
man of his time the prophet’s...
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_I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem _
THE BLESSED COMMUNITY OF MEN YET TO APPEAR ON THE EARTH
I. Here is a community specially interesting to the great God.
“Again the...
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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.
⇐...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:6 Such a transformation may seem a
MARVELOUS miracle to Zechariah’s hearers, but it is the sort of
miracle that the Creator God does routinely (SHOULD IT ALSO BE
MARVELOU...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The fate of their fathers urged them to obedience,
now the promise of future prosperity.
ZECHARIAH 8:2. JEALOUS] Implying warmth of love and zeal. FURY]
Indignation to enemies.
ZECHA...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 7:2; Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; Luke 1:20
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Marvellous — These things may seem strange to this people....