CHAPTER VIII _In this chapter God promises the continuance of his favour to_ _those who are returned from the captivity; so that upon the_ _removal of his judgments, the fasts they had observed dur...
Dionysius: “After the Lord had, in the preceding chapter, manifoldly rebuked the Jewish people, He now comforts it with renewed promises, as a good physician, who after a bitter draught employs sweet...
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 OF HOSTS. See note on Zechariah 1:3. TO ME. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read these words in the text....
Zechariah 8:1-17. The Answer. Third Section 1. _Again_ Rather, AND. See Zechariah 7:8, note....
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...
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, After urging them to obedience by the fate of their fathers, he urges them to it by promises of coming prosperity....
AGAIN] RV 'and': there is no break in thought between the two Chapter s...
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...
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...
וַ יְהִ֛י דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות לֵ אמֹֽר
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...
CONTENTS The Prophet is here commissioned by the Lord to give many rich and precious promises concerning Jerusalem. The Lord will restore her waste places....
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...
Some think that at the beginning of this chapter the people are reproved for their unfaithfulness, because they conducted themselves towards God in a way they ought not to have done, as they had viola...
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...
AGAIN THE WORD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS CAME [TO ME] SAYING. The phrase, "to me", is wanting in the Hebrew text; and is the only place it is wanting in, as the Masora observes; though undoubtedly it is to...
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying, Ver. 1. _Again the word of the Lord of hosts_] As for reprehension in the former chapter, so for consolation in this; that they might not be...
THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,...
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...
ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 8 The restoration of Jerusalem, MALACHI 8:1. The people are encouraged to build the temple by a promise of God's blessing, MALACHI 8:9. Truth and justice required of them, MALACHI 8:...
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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...
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...
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...
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