Zechariah 8:1
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH, &c. There is. decalogue of prophecies concerning Jerusalem and its inhabitants in this mem ber ("V", see p. 1287). See verses: Zechariah 8:2; Zechariah 8:3; Zechariah 8:4; Zechariah 2:6; Zechariah 2:7; Zechariah 2:9, Zec 2:14, Zec 2:19, Zec 2:20, Zec 2:23. All refer to the future, and aw... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:45). App-92. A CITY OF TRUTH. a city of fidelity. TRUTH. the truth. Compare Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 1:26. THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. Compare Isaiah 2:2.Jeremiah 31:23.Ezekiel 40:2.Micah 4:1. HOLY. See note on... [ Continue Reading ]
YET. In the days of the future fulfilment. DWELL. sit. STREETS. broad or open places. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. FOR VERY AGE. for multitude of days.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 EYES. Add by Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6), from preceding clause: "[in those future days]" of... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD,. WILL, &c.. Behold Me saving, &c. from the east country, &a Compare Isaiah 43:5. Note the Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole earth, See Psalms 50:1; Psalms 113:3.Isaiah 59:19; Malachi 1:11, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL BE, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:7). App-92. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PROPHETS. See Haggai 1:6; Haggai 2:15. IN THE DAY THAT: i.e. two years before (Haggai 1:14; Haggai 1:15; Haggai 2:18. Compare Ezra 5:1). App-18. THAT THE TEMPLE. even the temple, that is.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE. those. HIRE. wages. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. MEN. Hebrew. _'adam:._ App-14. EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. SET. sent.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. In contrast with the former days.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEED SHALL BE, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:3). App-92. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndefon_ (App-6). combined with Figure of speech _Anabasis_ (App-6), GROUND. earth. SHALL GIVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:4; Leviticus 26:20; Deuteronomy 11:17. App-92. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. HEATHEN. nations. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Looking on to the future fulfilment, which rests on the condition of Zechariah 8:8. YE SHALL BE. BLESSING. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 12:2). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUNISH. bring calamity upon. Hebrew. _ra'a._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK, &c. Compare Zechariah 8:19; Zechariah 7:9. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14. EXECUTE, &c. See note on Zechariah 7:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra. '._ App-44 LOVE NO FALSE OATH. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 6:3; Leviticus 19:12). all these are things that. hate. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "all these things do. hate".... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH. hath said. THE FOURTH MONTH. The ninth of Tammuz (Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 52:7), when the city was broken up; hence called "the fourth fast". THE FIFTH. On the tenth of Ab, when the Temple and the houses were burnt (Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:13). THE SEVENTH. The third of Tisri, when Geda... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "many peoples".... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US GO SPEEDILY. Figure of speech _Polyptolon._ App-6. Hebrew. going, let us go. Let us by all means go: or, speedily, as in Authorized Version. See note on Genesis 26:28. Compare Isaiah 2:3.Micah 4:2. TO PRAY, &c. See note on Zechariah 7:2. the LORD, &c. Hebrew (with _'eth_). Jehovah of hosts H... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE DAYS. The fulfilment of this still future. MEN. Hebrew, plural _of enosh._ App-14. YOU: i.e. with God's People Israel. THAT. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "that" in the text. Supply the Ellipsis (will be the time] that. ... [ Continue Reading ]