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Verse Zechariah 7:7. _THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD HATH CRIED BY THE
FORMER_ _PROPHETS_] נביאים הראשנים _nebiim harishonim_,
is the title which the Jews give to _Joshua, Judges_, the two books of
_Samuel_...
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Should ye “not hear” the words, or, Know ye “not the words?”
The verb is presupposed in the emphatic question, as in, “Shall I,
the blood of these men?” 2 Samuel 23:17. David omits the word
“drink” fo...
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II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _
2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4)
3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
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ZECHARIAH 7:1 F. The original account of the question about the
fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the
insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions, though...
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SHOULD YE NOT HEAR. ? Supply the Ellipsis (App-6) better by "[Should
ye not have obeyed?]" or, ["Are not these] the very words? "
BY. by the hand of: "hand" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_
...
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The Answer. First Section
5. _seventh month_ This fast appears to have been observed during the
captivity, because in the seventh month "the murder of Gedaliah, _whom
the king of Babylon made governo...
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_Should ye not hear the words_ Comp. Isa 58:3-7; 1 Samuel 15:22. To
that old teaching it is that you have need to take heed and return. It
was uttered in the time of your national prosperity. By negle...
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DISCOURSE: 1248
OUTWARD SERVICES VAIN WITHOUT OBEDIENCE
Zechariah 7:4. Then came the word of the Lord of Hosts unto me,
saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests,
saying, When...
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WHEN JERUSALEM WAS INHABITED— Heb. ישׁבת _ioshebeth, was
sitting._ To _sit_ denotes a state of permanent order and security.
Hence a female figure sitting in a chair of state is the ordinary
symbol on...
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THE FIRST ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:4-7
RV. Then came the word of Jehovah of hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto
all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted
and mourned...
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Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the
cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and...
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7:7 south (b-28) lowland (b-31) _ Negeb_ (south). see Joshua 10:40 . _
Shephelah_ (lowland). see Deuteronomy 1:7 ....
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WARNINGS FROM THE PAST
Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the
ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the
series of visions described above, viz....
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 7
V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the
9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
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SHOULD YE NOT HEAR THE WORDS WHICH... — Better, _are not these the
very words which_... Haggai 2:5, and Zechariah 8:17, afford exactly
parallel constructions. There is no need to supply any verb, such...
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(4-7) The people (as in Isaiah 58:3) are rebuked for the hypocritical,
or merely formal, nature of their fasts. The prophet does not, even
further on, give any direct answer to their inquiry. He seems...
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הֲ לֹ֣וא אֶת ־הַ דְּבָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר
קָרָ֤א
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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...
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THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY
Zechariah 7:1-14
During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th
month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines;
of...
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The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It
was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the
necessity for observing certain fasts.
The history of these...
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[Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD (i) hath cried by the
former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and
her cities around her, when [men] inhabited the south and the...
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_Prophets. He alludes to Isaias lviii. 3. See also Jeremias xiv. 12.,
and Joel ii. 12. The Jews were always too much attached to the letter,
without minding the spirit of the law, being zealous for co...
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When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech,
and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the
priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the
pr...
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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...
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And the Prophet’s object is more evident from the next verse, when
he says, _Are not these the words which Jehovah proclaimed by the
former Prophets? _He confirms here his doctrine by many testimonies...
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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...
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[SHOULD YE] NOT [HEAR] THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD HATH CRIED BY THE
FORMER PROPHETS,.... As Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and others;
suggesting that it would have been much better for them to have
regarded...
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Zechariah 7:7 [Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath
cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in
prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when [men]
inha...
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_Should ye not hear the words_ You needed not to have thus inquired,
had you regarded the words spoken by my prophets, who have borne
testimony to the real excellence and absolute necessity of obedien...
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Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former
prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity and the
cities thereof round about her, the suburbs dependent upon the
cap...
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THE QUESTION PROPOSED...
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A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY
(vv. 1-7)
The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected
with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius
(Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
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SHOULD YE NOT HEAR THE WORDS:
Or, are not these the words
BY THE:
_ Heb._ by the hand of, etc....
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1-7 If we truly desire to know the will of God in doubtful matters,
we must not only consult his word and ministers, but seek his
direction by fervent prayer. Those who would know God's mind should
c...
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SHOULD YE NOT HEAR THE WORDS? you needed not have thus inquired had
you heeded the word written. Should you not remember, or have you not
read, what ISAIAH 58:3, determines in this very case? _Which t...
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FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23)
These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones
demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
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YHWH CHARGES THEM WITH FALSE MOTIVES IN THEIR FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:4).
Zechariah 7:4
‘Then came the word of YHWH of Hosts to me saying, “Speak to all
the people of the land and the priests saying, ‘W...
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Zechariah 7:1. _And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius,
that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the
ninth month, even in Chisleu;_
God's prophets were not al...
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CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the
question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer,
Regemmelich.
CONCLUSION: Wh...
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Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth
month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to
Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
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_Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former
prophets _
GOD’S WORD BY FORMER PROPHETS
Doctrine--
1.
External performances of external duties of religion are nothing in
God...
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_Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?_
REBUKE OF MERE CEREMONIES
God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true
repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not
thin...
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ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that
commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed
into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 7:7 The SOUTH is the area to the south
of Jerusalem, around Beersheba. The LOWLAND is to the west of
Jerusalem. Though the original question reflected a ritual concern,
the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to
fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding
after restoration to prosperity. FOURTH] Two years, nearly, a...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-8:23
Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN
FASTS.
ZECHARIAH 7:1
§ 1. A deputation comes fr
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Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in
Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The
day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
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Amos 5:14; Amos 5:15; Daniel 9:6; Deuteronomy 34:3; Ezekiel 18:30;...
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Hear the words — You needed not have thus enquired, had you heeded
the written word. Prophets — Who have called for repentance, and
sincere love to God, and man, and shewed how light, formal services...