Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 1:15
A little displeased — With mine own people, that is, in comparison of the anger I bear against the Heathen. Helped forward — Attempted to destroy whom I would but correct.
A little displeased — With mine own people, that is, in comparison of the anger I bear against the Heathen. Helped forward — Attempted to destroy whom I would but correct.
Verse 15. _I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED_] I was justly displeased with my people, and I gave their enemies a commission against them; but they carried this far beyond my design by oppression and crue...
I AM SORE DISPLEASED - literally “with great anger am I angered against the nations which are at ease.” The form of the words shows that the greatness of the displeasure of God against those who oppre...
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 section, to which Zechariah 1:7 is an editorial introduction, either is not the beginning of Zechariah's allegories, or has not come down to us in its original form, for the interpreting angel is...
HEATHEN. nations. AT EASE. indifferent (Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11.Amos 6:1; Amos 6:1). AFFLICTION. calamity. Hebrew. _raa_ '. App-44. Comp
_heathen_ or, _nations_, R.V. _at ease_ as described in Zechariah 1:11. The word in this verse is the same as in Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11, and...
I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED, &C.— _I am very sore displeased with the nations who despise her, and who, after I had moderated my anger, have added to her affliction._ Houbigant. This may be understood o...
CHAPTER XXVII A VISION OF HORSES Zechariah 1:7-17 RV. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Ze...
CHAPTER XXVIII A VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND SMITHS Zechariah 1:18-21 RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And...
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN - in contr...
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...
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...
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
BUT A LITTLE. — (Comp. 2 Kings 20:18.) Or, _for a little while._ (Comp. Job 24:24.) HELPED FORWARD THE AFFLICTION. — Better, _helped for evil_ — _i.e.,_ they not only acted as God’s instruments to cha...
וְ קֶ֤צֶף גָּדֹול֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל ־הַ
3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS For all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius." that is, January or Febru...
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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...
And I am very greatly displeased with the nations [that are] at ease: for I was but (o) a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. (o) In destroying the reprobate, I showed myself b...
_Nations, represented as four horns, ver. 18, 19. --- Evil, through malice, and thus deserved themselves to be punished, Osee i. 4._...
"Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prop...
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...
God here obviates the doubt which might have easily crept into the minds of the godly. “Why should he then give up the miserable Jews to the will of the Gentiles, and suffer these heathens at the same...
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...
AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN [THAT ARE] AT EASE,.... The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews, who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, whe...
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Ver. 15. _And I am very sore displeased with the heathen...
_And the Lord answered the angel_ “By a voice, or impulse; and the angel communicated the reply to Zechariah.” Newcome. _So the angel said, Cry thou_ Now publish what thou hearest, and assure God's po...
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease, believing that they had been permanently victorious over the Lord's people; FOR I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED, as His punishment went o...
THE VISION OF THE HORSES AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES...
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...
7-17 The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady myr...
AND I; the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN; exceedingly angry, and will show it, that they may see and feel it, my displeasure is grown up to the highest against...
Zechariah 1:15 exceedingly H1419 H7110 angry H7107 (H8804) nations H1471 ease H7600 little H4592 angry H7107 ...
THE FIRST VISION. THE VISION OF THE HORSEMEN SCOUTS - GOD WILL NOW RESTORE HIS PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT (ZECHARIAH 1:7). Zechariah 1:7 ‘On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month, whic...
Zechariah 1:7 The rider in the myrtle grove. I. The prophet saw a grove of myrtle trees in a hollow or low place. By the myrtle grove all are agreed is signified the covenant people, the nation of Is...
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...
_I am jealous for Jerusalem _ MERCY MINGLED WITH CHASTISEMENT “Jealousy is that particular uneasiness which arises in our minds from the fear that some rival may rob us of the affection of one whom...
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 ...
ZECHARIAH 1:7 Eight Night Visions and a Sign-act. The eight visions that follow were all received in a single night shortly before the new year, a date often associated in the ancient Near East with t...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 1:16. RETURNED] to Jerusalem, from whom God had withdrawn. LINE] All obstacles removed, the temple completed, and the whole city shall be regular in shape, and exact in its...
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...
Amos 1:3; Amos 6:1; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 25:3;...
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...