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Zechariah 8:6

ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON Zechariah 8:6 Such a transformation may seem a marvelous miracle to Zechariah’s hearers, but it is the sort of miracle that the Creator God does routinely (should it also be marvelous in my sight?).

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See also Zechariah 8:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 8:6. _IF IT BE MARVELLOUS_] You may think that this is impossible, considering your present low condition: but suppose it be impossible in _your eyes_, should it be _so_ in _mine_! _sa...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IF IT SHOULD BE MARVELOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN THOSE - (not these) days, shall it be marvelous in Mine eyes also? saith the Lord of hosts Man’s anticipations, by reason of his...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE REMNANT. The exiles who had then returned. Compare Haggai 1:12; Haggai 1:14. SHOULD IT ALSO BE MARVELLOUS, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:14, where the verb is the same). App-92. MINE EY...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in these days_ Rather, IN THOSE DAYS (as in R. V.), viz. in which it comes to pass. "It is in the day of the fulfilment, not of the anticipation, that they would seem marvellous in their eyes, as the...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IF IT BE MARVELLOUS— _Difficult._ Houbigant. It might seem difficult and marvellous to the Jews of those times, that Jerusalem should be called _a city of truth,_ and that it should be full of old men...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. THUS SAITH THE LORD OF...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:6 wonderful (d-9) wonderful (d-26) Or 'hard,' as Jeremiah 32:17 ,Jeremiah 32:27 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IF IT BE] Although it may seem incredible to the people, it is not impossible to God: cp. Psalms 118:23; Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:2. 8. 'They shall be to me for a people': cp....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IF IT BE MARVELLOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN THESE DAYS. — Better, _though it was marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, was it, therefore_ [or _will i...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות כִּ֣י יִפָּלֵ֗א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it is (d) marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. (d) He shows in what ou...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Days. If no prospect of such happiness now appear, is any thing difficult to Omnipotence? (Haydock) (Luke i. 37.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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;...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He sharply reproves here the lack of faith in the people; for as men are wont to measure whatever is promised by their own understanding, the door of entrance for these prophecies was nearly closed up...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... This is repeated for the same end as before; Zechariah 8:4: IF IT BE MARVELLOUS IN THE EYES OF THE REMNANT OF THIS PEOPLE IN THESE DAYS; either in the then present d...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 6. _If it be marvel...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _If it be marvellous_ If these things promised appear difficult, and in a manner impossible; _in the eyes of the remnant of this people_ In the judgment and opinion, or rather to the unbelief, of this...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, in the opinion of those who had returned from the Babylonian captivity, SHOULD IT ALSO BE MARV...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MARVELLOUS: Or, hard or difficult...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IF IT BE MARVELLOUS: these things promised may perhaps seem very strange and difficult, if not impossible. IN THE EYES; in the judgment and opinion, or rather, to the unbelief of this people. THE REMN...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 8:6 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 marvelous H6381 (H8735) eyes H5869 remnant H7611 people...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    THESE DAYS The "remnant" in (Zechariah 8:6); (Zechariah 8:11); (Zechariah 8:12) refers to the remnant of Judah which returned from Babylon, and among whom Zechariah was prophesying. ( See Scofield

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 8:6 Our age is wonderful, not merely in the number of strange and unprecedented things happening in it, and in the strange and unprecedented character that belongs to it as a whole, but also...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Should it also be marvellous in Mine eyes?_ saith the Lord of hosts THE LIMITS OF THE MARVELLOUS Here is a prophetic picture of a time of peace and prosperity. To the man of his time the prophet’s...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 7:2; Genesis 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; Luke 1:20

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Marvellous — These things may seem strange to this people....

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