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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Zechariah 6:8

Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying,.... That is, the Lord of the whole earth spoke to the prophet with a loud voice, and uttered the following words:

Behold, these that go toward the north country; meaning the Medes and Persians, which went towards Babylon:

have quieted my spirit in the north country; by executing the judgments of God upon the Chaldeans, and by helping, favouring, and delivering the people of the Jews; which were very agreeable to the will of God, and well pleasing in his sight, signified by the quieting or refreshing his Spirit.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 6:8. _HAVE QUIETED MY SPIRIT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY._] They have fulfilled my judgments on _Assyria_ and _Chaldea_. Nabopolassar and Cyrus first, against the Assyrians and Chaldeans; and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN GOD, OR THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - who speaks of what belonged to God alone, “called me” (probably “loudly” Judges 4:10, Judges 4:13; 2 Samuel 20:4), so as to command his attention to this which mos...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A MORE DEFINITE VERSION OF THE ALLEGORY IN ZECHARIAH 1:8 FF. Here, however, the horsemen of the former allegory, who represent messengers, are replaced by chariots which symbolise warlike agencies. By...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CRIED. UPON. Are almost obsolete idiom. To "cry upon" meant to call to, _or appeal_ to, and is still used in this sense in Scotland. It comes to us through the Genevan Bible (1560), from the Great Bib...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _cried he upon me_ The word is used of a royal proclamation cried aloud through the city. Jonah 3:7. Here the loud call of the Angel was probably intended to rouse the prophet's attention to what was...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN CRIED HE UPON ME,—BEHOLD— _Then cried he unto me,—behold,_ &c. "The _black horses,_ denoting the Persian empire, have appeased my wrath by conquering the Babylonians, and by executing that vengea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. BEHOLD, THESE THAT GO TOWARD THE NORTH ... QUIETED MY S...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:8 spirit (c-23) Or 'have satisfied mine anger.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    QUIETED MY SPIRIT IN] lit. 'caused my spirit to rest in.' The meaning may be either, (1) 'brought peace to,' or (2) 'sated my fury by stirring up trouble in.' The historical situation supports the sec...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּזְעֵ֣ק אֹתִ֔י וַ יְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י לֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my (k) spirit in the north country. (k) By punishing the Chaldeans my anger ceased, and you...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Spirit. Septuagint, "wrath or fury." (Haydock) --- Nabopolassar overcame the Assyrians, Cyrus the Chaldeans, as Alexander would shortly treat the Persians._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then cried he, the angel, UPON ME AND SPAKE UNTO ME, in great excitement, SAYING, in the name of the Lord, BEHOLD, THESE THAT GO TOWARD THE NORTH COUNTRY HAVE QUIETED MY SPIRIT IN THE NORTH COUNTRY, h...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE VISION OF THE FOUR CHARIOTS...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 This vision may represent the ways of Providence in the government of this lower world. Whatever the providences of God about us are, as to public or private affairs, we should see them all as co...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN, when the prophet had been informed about the former vision, CRIED HE; the Angel that talked with the prophet, i.e. the Lord Christ, spake aloud. and called to him. THESE THAT GO, or are gone, fo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Cried he — Christ spake aloud, and called to him. Quieted my spirit — By doing what I appointed them in revenge of my peoples injuries, and by bringing my people back into Canaan....

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