Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Zechariah 8:3
Shall be called a city of truth — Her citizens shall love the truth and speak it, shall worship me in truth of heart, as well as in the true manner prescribed to them.
Shall be called a city of truth — Her citizens shall love the truth and speak it, shall worship me in truth of heart, as well as in the true manner prescribed to them.
Verse Zechariah 8:3. _I AM RETURNED UNTO ZION_] I have restored her from her captivity. I will dwell among them. The temple shall be rebuilt, and so shall Jerusalem; and instead of being false, unholy...
I AM RETURNED - Dionysius: “Without change in Myself, I am turned to that people from the effect of justice to the sweetness of mercy, “and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem,” in the temple and t...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45). App-92. A CITY OF TRUTH. a city of fidelity. TRUTH. the truth. Compare Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah
_I am returned … and will dwell_ A repetition of the promises Zechariah 1:16; Zechariah 2:10. _a city of truth_ Rather, THE CITY OF TRUTH. Comp. Zechariah 8:16;...
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...
A CITY OF TRUTH— _A faithful city;_ a spouse without reproach. "She shall be no longer an abandoned, debauched, and prostituted city; no more shall be seen in Jerusalem the worship of strange gods; th...
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...
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 the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. I AM...
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...
A CITY OF TRUTH] RV 'The city of truth,' i.e. the faithful city: cp. Isaiah 1:26. 4, 5. A beautiful picture of a peaceful time. Amid so many wars and privations, old men and children had been compara...
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...
Comp. Zechariah 2:10. OF TRUTH — _i.e._, where truth and fidelity towards God have their home (comp. Isaiah 1:21), “the faithful city.” (For the other two titles, see Isaiah 2:2;...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁ֚בְתִּי אֶל ־צִיֹּ֔ון...
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...
Thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a (b) city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. (b)...
_Truth. Idols and infidelity shall reign there no more. The Jews were more faithful after the captivity. But the Church of Christ is alone perfectly chaste. (Calmet)_...
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;...
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 Prophet now more clearly explains what he intended; but it was necessary to preserve this order — that enemies were to be by force ejected from their possession, and the Church delivered, before G...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, I AM RETURNED TO ZION,.... The temple being now building, and almost finished, and the worship of God restored in it. The Targum renders it, "I will return to Zion"; and it may re...
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 the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. Ver. 3....
_I am returned unto Zion_ “I have punished her infidelities with all the rigour of despised and abused love; but, though sensible of her fault, my tenderness has continued, and my love is rekindled fo...
THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
Thus saith the Lord, I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, once more occupying the dwelling-place of His honor in the midst of His people, which He had forsaken because of...
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...
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...
I AM RETURNED; I did in anger depart from sinful, and incorrigible, and unhumbled Israel, and sent them into a long captivity, and a far distance from my house; but now I am pacified, they punished, a...
Zechariah 8:3 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 return H7725 (H8804) Zion H6726 dwell H7931 (H8804) midst...
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...
HOLY MOUNTAIN Holiness, Sanctification, Summary: In the Old Testament the words consecration, dedication, sanctification, and holiness are various renderings of one Hebrew word, are used of persons...
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...
_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...
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 8:3 The somber word of judgment on the former generation is not the end of the story. God has RETURNED TO ZION AND WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM. In the days ahead,...
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...
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 Corinthians 6:16; Colossians 2:9; Ephesians 2:21; Ephesians 2:22;...