Verse Zechariah 8:20. _THERE SHALL COME PEOPLE_] Similar promises to those in Isaiah 2:3 and in Micah 4:1. Many _Gentiles_, as well as _Jews_, will then be found devoting themselves to the Lord....
IT SHALL YET BE THAT - The promises are those which God had already made by Isaiah (Isaiah 2:2 ff) and Micah (Micah 4:1 ff). Yet where was the show of their fulfillment? The Jews themselves, a handful...
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 ...
The coming restoration and subsequent restoration of Judah, which will be so distinguished by the blessing of the Lord, that all nations will be desirous of having him for their God....
PEOPLE. peoples. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "many peoples"....
The Answer. Fourth Section In coming now to a direct answer to the question, out of which the whole prophecy arose, Almighty God enumerates not only _the fast of the fifth month_to which the question...
_people_ Lit. PEOPLES. Here probably the _tribes_of Israel (comp. Deuteronomy 33:3; Deuteronomy 33:19, where the word is used in that sense). In Zechariah 8:22, _many peoples_, refers to foreign nati
The joyful change shall extend, in its influence, to the heathen nations of the world. Comp. Isaiah 2:2-3; Micah 4:1-2....
DISCOURSE: 1250 THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES Zechariah 8:20. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, It shall yet come to pass, that there shall, come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhab...
IT SHALL YET COME TO PASS— _These things shall be when,_ or _until the people shall come,_ &c. The _until_ is to be connected with the things just spoken of; that is to say, "Your joy and gladness, wh...
THE SIXTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:18-23 RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: IT SHALL YET COME TO PASS, THAT THERE SHALL COME PEOPLE, AND THE INHABITA...
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...
(18-23) This fourth section gives at last all that the prophet deigns to answer concerning the fast of the fifth month (Zechariah 7:3), and also concerning the other fasts. On the 9th or 17th of “the...
(20-23) The language of the promises contained in these verses is evidently borrowed from Micah 4:2; Isaiah 2:2. (Comp. Isaiah 45:14.) According to the figurative language of the Old Testament, the na...
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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...
THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...
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 of hosts; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come (l) people, and the inhabitants of many cities: (l) He declares the great zeal that God would give the Gentiles to c...
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go spee...
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 here extends his discourse still farther; for he promises not only the complete restoration of his chosen people, but also the propagation of the Church; for God, he says, will gather a Ch...
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 OF HOSTS, [IT SHALL] YET [COME TO PASS],.... This is another thing that shall certainly be accomplished: THAT THERE SHALL COME PEOPLE, AND THE INHABITANTS OF MANY CITIES; in the G...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: Ver. 20. _It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people_] The p...
_It shall yet come to pass_, &c. The design of this and the three following verses is evidently to show the high degree of estimation in which Jerusalem and the Jews would _hereafter_ be held, by fore...
THE EXTENT OF THE MESSIANIC INFLUENCE...
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people, representatives of many nations, and the inhabitants of many cities, of the foremost centers of the world;...
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...
18-23 When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though t...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS: this solemn attestation, that it is the Lord of hosts who will do that great thing next promised, calls both for our heeding and believing of it. IT SHALL YET COME TO PAS...
Zechariah 8:20 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 Peoples H5971 come H935 (H8799) Inhabitants H3427 ...
THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 8:18). Zechariah 8:18 ‘And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts. The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the f...
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...
_Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord _ NATIONS MEETING FOR PRAYER A scene like this has never yet been witnessed upon the earth. The prophecy was partially fulfilled when, from the time of t...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 8:20. YET] Emphatic. PEOPLE] shall be attracted to God’s house. ZECHARIAH 8:21. SAYING] Mutually appealing to one another. SPEEDILY] Lit. go, going, implying intense earnes...
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...
1 Kings 8:41; 1 Kings 8:43; 2 Chronicles 6:32; 2 Chronicles 6:33;...
People — Multitudes....