Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 10:8
I will hiss — Though they are now scattered far off, I will call them as a shepherd, and they shall run with speed back to the flock. As they have increased — As they did of old time.
I will hiss — Though they are now scattered far off, I will call them as a shepherd, and they shall run with speed back to the flock. As they have increased — As they did of old time.
Verse Zechariah 10:8. _I WILL HISS FOR THEM_] אשרקה _eshrekah_, "I will shriek for them;" call them with such a _shrill strong voice_, that they shall _hear_ me, and find that it is the voice of their...
I WILL HISS FOR THEM - Formerly God had so spoken of His summoning the enemies of His people to chastise them. “It shall be in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost...
CHAPTER 10:1-12 _ 1. The apostasy of Israel in the last days (Zechariah 10:2) _ 2. The victory over the enemies (Zechariah 10:5) 3. Deliverance and restoration (Zechariah 10:8)...
This is made up of several fragments. Zechariah 10:3_ a_ is apparently the beginning of a denunciation of Israel's leaders founded upon Ezekiel 34, whereas Zechariah 10:3_ b_ describes the Lord as vis...
HISS: or, signal. The figure is borrowed from bee -keepers (Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 7:18). HAVE INCREASED. did increase [before]. Compare Ex, Zechariah 1:7....
_I will hiss for them_ "Formerly God had so spoken of His summoning the enemies of His people to chastise them (Isaiah 7:18-19; Isaiah 5:26-27). He would gather them like the countless numbers of the...
I WILL HISS FOR THEM— _I will whistle for them,_ or _give them the signal._...
CHAPTER XXXIX ISRAEL RESTORED Zechariah 10:1-12 RV. Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one...
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. I WILL HISS FOR THEM, AND GATHER THEM. Keepers of bees by a whistle call them togeth...
RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE 1, 2. A warning to trust in God and not in sorcerers. 3-7. The Lord will cast out the evil guides of the people, and under new leaders Ephraim and Judah will be victoriou...
I WILL HISS FOR THEM] i.e. whistle to attract them: cp. Isaiah 5:26. God will bring back Israel to their own land....
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 10 V1 Ask the *LORD for rain in the springtime. It is the *LORD who makes the storm clouds. Also, he gives heavy rain to people and...
THE FURTHER REDEMPTION OF ISRAEL (ZECHARIAH 10:8). (8) A yet further redemption of Israel was to take place before the consummation of these victorious promises. Some critics have considered this pass...
אֶשְׁרְקָ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם וַ אֲקַבְּצֵ֖ם כִּ֣י פְדִיתִ֑ים...
THE CONTENTS OF "ZECHARIAH" Chapter s 9-14 FROM the number of conflicting opinions which prevail upon the subject, we have seen how impossible it is to decide upon a scheme of division for "Zechariah...
5. AGAINST EVIL SHEPHERDS Zechariah 10:3 The unity of this section is more apparent than its connection with the preceding, which had spoken of the want of a shepherd, or religious director, of Isra...
A LOWLY DELIVERER BRINGS PEACE Zechariah 9:9-17; Zechariah 10:1-12 Jesus must be King first, then Savior. He is lowly; His steed is not the richly caparisoned warhorse, but the humble ass; He needs n...
This victory led him to describe the yet greater and final victory of the people of God. He introduced this description by appealing to Zion to ask help of Jehovah, and immediately declaring Jehovah's...
I will (i) hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. (i) By which he declares the power of God, who needs no great preparation when he...
_Whistle. Christians are sweetly drawn by inspirations, without clamorous words. (St. Cyril) (Worthington) --- This expression shews the sovereign dominion of God. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I will giv...
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries, an...
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...
The same is the object of this verse. By the word whistle, Zechariah means what it imports in other passages, — that it will not be an arduous world for God; for we are wont to measure his works by wh...
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...
I WILL HISS FOR THEM,.... Or "whistle for them" p; the word signifies, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, the motion of the lips with the voice, and is a sign of calling; and so the Targum renders it,...
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. Ver. 8. _I will hiss for them and gather them_] As a shepherd hisseth or whistleth for...
_I will hiss for them_ Rather, _whistle_, as the word שׁרק should be here translated. I will call them from distant countries, as a shepherd calls his flock together with his whistle. _For I have rede...
FURTHER BLESSINGS OF JEHOVAH UPON HIS PEOPLE. The subject discussed in the last Chapter was so great and wonderful that the Lord has not begun to exhaust it, but takes the opportunity of giving a ful...
I will hiss for them, as a signal for them to assemble, and gather them, FOR I HAVE REDEEMED THEM, both by entering into a covenant with them and by promising them the Redeemer; AND THEY SHALL INCREAS...
BLESSING ASSURED IN GOD'S TIME (vv. 1-12) Following the prophecy of the certainty of God's future blessing for Israel, based on the perfect goodness and beauty of the Messiah, how good it is to see...
6-12 Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Chr...
I WILL HISS FOR THEM; though they are now scattered far off, I will cause them to return; I will whistle, as a shepherd, and they, as scattered sheep, shall run with sped back to the flock: I called t...
Zechariah 10:8 whistle H8319 (H8799) gather H6908 (H8762) redeem H6299 (H8804) increase H7235 (H8804) increased
GOD'S ANGER AT FALSE SHEPHERDS WHO LEAD HIS PEOPLE ASTRAY, BUT GOD WILL ENSURE THE COMING RESTORATION (ZECHARIAH 10:2). The picture now changes for a moment. If God is so powerful why are His people i...
REDEEMED (Isaiah 59:20); (Exodus 14:30). (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ ( See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:3
Zechariah 10:1. _Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field._ The atheistic philosoph...
CONTENTS: The future strengthening of Judah and Ephraim. Israel's dispersion and regathering in one view. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God has a hand in all the events concerning Israel, and they sh...
Zechariah 10:1. _Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain,_ as stated in Deuteronomy 11:14. This rain fed the plant and made the harvest luxuriant. This chapter is therefore a continuati...
_I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them _ GATHERING THE REDEEMED I. The persons. “The redeemed.” Redeemed in consequence of God’s everlasting love towards them; for had they...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:1 In these verses Zechariah describes Judah’s leaders as “shepherds.” The current shepherds are unfaithful and greedy (vv. Zechariah 10:1), and God must rescue h
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 10:8 As a shepherd whistles for his flock, the Lord will WHISTLE to bring his people back from the nations where he scattered them. He will signal Israel’s restoration with...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 10:8. HISS] Whistle as bee-keepers call back swarms to the hive. The extraordinary increase of Jews after this is a familiar fact of history (cf. Josephus’ _Wars_, Bk. 3 ch...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 10:1, ZECHARIAH 10:2 § 4. A connecting link between the last section and the next. _The condition for obtaining the promised blessings is that they are to be sought from the Lor...
Now in this Kingdom Age, the promises of the Lord: Ask ye the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the f...
1 Kings 4:20; 1 Timothy 2:4; Exodus 1:7; Ezekiel 36:10; Ezekiel 36:11