Before these days — For eighteen years together. No hire — No profit by the labour of man or beast, no sowing or planting. Affliction — Distress, and want, through the barrenness, which attended all their labour.
Verse Zechariah 8:10. _FOR BEFORE THESE DAYS THERE WAS NO HIRE FOR MAN_] Previously to this, ye had no prosperity; ye had nothing but civil divisions and domestic broils. I abandoned you to your own _...
THERE WAS NO HIRE FOR MAN - Literally, “hire for man came not to pass.” It was longed for, waited for and came not. So little was the produce, that neither laborer nor beast of burden were employed to...
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...
THESE. those. HIRE. wages. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam:._ App-14. EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. SET. sent....
These verses, introduced by the phrase, _Thus saith the Lord of hosts_, and beginning and ending with the same words, _Let your hands be strong_, form one continuous exhortation to persevere in rebuil...
_these days_ Rather, THOSE DAYS, in which you began to build again. _hire_ i.e. return for his labour. See Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:9-11. _the affliction_ Rather, THE ADVERSARY. Ezra 4:4. every one agai...
THE FOURTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:9-13 RV. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the fo...
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 host...
8:10 distress. (b-33) Or 'oppressor,' _ Tzar_ , as Psalms 8:2 , 'adversary.'...
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...
HIRE] i.e. wages. THE AFFLICTION] RV 'the adversary,' probably the Samaritans and Ammonites, who plundered the helpless Jews: cp. Ezra 8:22. 12. Nature also will contribute to the glory of the Messian...
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...
BEFORE... THERE WAS NO HIRE FOR MAN, or cattle, because the land was so unproductive (Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:9); but “from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid... from this day will...
כִּ֗י לִ פְנֵי֙ הַ יָּמִ֣ים הָ הֵ֔ם
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...
For before these days there was no hire for (g) man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one agains...
_Hire, or "reward;" merces. (Haydock) --- All their toils proved useless: (Calmet) the land would not yield her fruit. (Haydock) See Aggeus ii. 16. --- The temple had now been building two years, and...
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...
It follows, _For before these days there was no hire for man, and no hire for beast, no peace to passengers, because I had sent forth all men, each one against his friend_. The Prophet mentions here,...
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...
FOR BEFORE THESE DAYS,.... That the temple began to be built: THERE WAS NO HIRE FOR MEN, NOR ANY HIRE FOR BEASTS; that turned to any account; the wages earned by the one, and with the other, were as...
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against hi...
_Let your hands be strong_ Be of good courage, and go on with resolution and perseverance in the work you have begun, the rebuilding of the temple, since you have received such assurances from God's p...
For before these days there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, for the yield of the land at that time was so small as hardly to be called fair wages, up. Haggai 1:6; NEITHER WAS THERE ANY PEA...
THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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...
NO HIRE FOR MAN: Or, the hire of man became nothing. etc....
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...
OLBHeb; FOR BEFORE THESE DAYS, for eighteen years together, there was no hire; reward or recompence, no profit by the labour of man or beast, sowing or planting: see HAGGAI 1:6 2:15-17 ZECHARIAH 3:10,...
Zechariah 8:10 before H6440 days H3117 were H1961 (H8738) wages H7939 man H120 hire H7939 beast H929 peace...
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...
_For before these days there was no hire for man _ SOCIETY BEFORE THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT A neglected temple always means a ruined society. These words are not to be applied locally or parochially; the...
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. ⇐...
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...
2 Chronicles 15:5; Amos 3:6; Amos 9:4; Haggai 1:6; Haggai 2:16;...