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Verse Zechariah 1:8. _I SAW BY NIGHT_] The time was emblematical of
the affliction under which the Jews groaned.
_A MAN_] An angel in the form of a man: supposed to have been the
_Lord Jesus_; who s...
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I SAW IN THE NIGHT - that is, that following on “the twenty-fourth
day.” The darkness of the night perhaps was chosen, as agreeing with
the dimness of the restored condition. Night too is, Dionysius),...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
1. THE NIGHT VISIONS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _
2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7)
3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
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This section, to which Zechariah 1:7 is an editorial introduction,
either is not the beginning of Zechariah's allegories, or has not come
down to us in its original form, for the interpreting angel is...
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_by night_ or, _in the night_, R. V. As the Jewish day began at
sunset, this would be the night preceding the twenty-fourth day of the
month. If so, Zechariah may have recited these visions to the peo...
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I SAW BY NIGHT— _I saw this night,_ &c. A _red horse_ is an emblem
of war and destruction. The man or angel riding upon him is thought by
some to have been the _archangel Michael,_ prince and protecto...
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CHAPTER XXVII
A VISION OF HORSES
Zechariah 1:7-17
RV. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is
the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of
Jehovah unto Ze...
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CHAPTER XXVIII
A VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND SMITHS
Zechariah 1:18-21
RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. And I
said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And...
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I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he
stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him
were there red horses, speckled, and white.
I SAW BY NIGHT. Th...
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1:8 night, (b-4) Or 'that night.'...
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MYRTLE TREES] rare in Palestine today, but once common around
Jerusalem: cp. Nehemiah 8:15. They have no special significance in the
vision. BOTTOM] RM 'shady place.' RED HORSES, SPECKLED, AND WHITE]...
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LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIONS
1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance.
8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the
affairs of the...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And
these events did happen.’
(Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
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A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of
Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in
Zechariah 1:7 to...
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I SAW. — Not in a dream, but apparently, from Zechariah 4:1, awake,
in an ecstatic vision.
BY NIGHT. — Better, _on this night._ LXX., τὴν νύκτα. It
was during the night of the twenty-fourth of Sebat...
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רָאִ֣יתִי ׀ הַ לַּ֗יְלָה וְ הִנֵּה
־אִישׁ֙ רֹ
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3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS
For all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of
the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius."
that is, January or Febru...
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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A VISION OF PARDON AND RESTORATION
Zechariah 1:1-17
Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on
the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain,
and th...
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About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had
encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the
memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He
ga...
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I (i) saw by night, and behold (k) a man riding upon a red horse, and
he stood among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind
him [were there] (l) red horses, speckled, and white.
(i) Th...
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_A man. An angel in the shape of a man. It was probably St. Michael,
the guardian angel of the Church of God. (Challoner) --- It is plain
that he was an angel, ver. 11. (Worthington) --- He appears in...
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"Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD
unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prop...
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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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The Prophet says, that a vision was given him; and he saw a horseman
among the myrtles sitting on a red horse; and with him there were
horses red, variegated (18) and white, and having no doubt riders...
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The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs
that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the
word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
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I SAW BY NIGHT,.... Or, "that night" m; the night of the twenty fourth
of Sebat; a proper and usual time for visions; and it may denote the
obscurity of the vision, as it was in some respects to the p...
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I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood
among the myrtle trees that [were] in the bottom; and behind him [were
there] red horses, speckled, and white.
Ver. 8. _I saw by...
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Zec. 1:8. "I saw in the night, and behold, a man riding upon a red
horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom;
and behind him were there red horses, speckled and white." The gr...
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_Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month_ That is, about
three months after he had received the former vision; _which is the
month Sebat_ This was the Chaldee or Syriac name of the eleve...
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I saw by night, in a night vision, some time between six o'clock in
the evening and six o'clock in the morning, AND BEHOLD A MAN RIDING
UPON A RED HORSE, the color of war and bloodshed, AND HE STOOD A...
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THE VISION OF THE HORSES AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES...
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GOD'S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
(vv. 1-6)
Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of
Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed
time"). Israel had long been...
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SPECKLED:
Or, bay...
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7-17 The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This
represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man
like a warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady
myr...
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I SAW: in a vision God communicates his word, mind, or will to the
prophet. BY NIGHT; either literally, it was by night that Zechariah
had this vision, or with this it may note the obscurity and
myste...
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Zechariah 1:8 saw H7200 (H8804) night H3915 man H376 riding H7392
(H8802) red H122 horse H5483
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THE EIGHT NIGHT VISIONS AND ACCOMPANYING ORACLES (ZECHARIAH 1:7 TO
ZECHARIAH 6:8).
Zechariah now goes on to describe eight night visions, which he
appears to have had in one night, which are in the m...
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THE FIRST VISION. THE VISION OF THE HORSEMEN SCOUTS - GOD WILL NOW
RESTORE HIS PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT (ZECHARIAH 1:7).
Zechariah 1:7
‘On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month, whic...
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I SAW
The "man" (Zechariah 1:8) is the "my lord," "the angel that talked
with me" (Zechariah 1:9), and "the angel of the Lord" (Zechariah
1:10); ...
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Zechariah 1:7
The rider in the myrtle grove.
I. The prophet saw a grove of myrtle trees in a hollow or low place.
By the myrtle grove all are agreed is signified the covenant people,
the nation of Is...
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CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's
dispreasure with the nations.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah.
CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were
un...
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Zechariah 1:1. _Zechariah;_ that is, the memory of God; a name which
might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in
Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in concer...
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_I saw by night _
THE NIGHT VISION
The anointed One of God and His kingdom are the centre and axis about
which the fiery wheel of all Zechariah’s revelations and imagery
turns.
The vision in our te...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s
sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of
restoration ...
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ZECHARIAH 1:7 Eight Night Visions and a Sign-act. The eight visions
that follow were all received in a single night shortly before the new
year, a date often associated in the ancient Near East with t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 1:5. FATHERS] have perished; their fate should warn you. But
you may object, the _prophets_ also are dead, and apparently their
words died with them.
ZECHARIAH 1:6.] No; th...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-6:15
Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS, AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION.
ZECHARIAH 1:1
§ 1. _Title of the book, and author. _THE EIGHTH MONTH. This was
called Bul before the Captivit
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Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah
beginning with chapter 1.
Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week,
Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
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1 Kings 3:5; Daniel 2:19; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:2; Genesis 20:3;...
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THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES
Zechariah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen
people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...
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A man — Christ Jesus in the shape of a man. Riding — In a posture
of readiness. A red horse — This colour is a symbol of his coming to
avenge himself on his enemies. The myrtle — trees — He posted
him...