John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Zechariah 7:4
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question.
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question.
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)...
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...
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...
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...
_THEN CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS UNTO ME, SAYING,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE....
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....
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...
(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...
וַ יְהִ֛י דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות אֵלַ֥י לֵ
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here the Prophet tells us that he was sent to the people and to the priests, not so much to teach the messengers who came from distant lands, as to correct the vices of his own nation; for the Jews ha...
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...
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Ver. 4. _Then came the word of the Lord of hosts_] This is often prefaced, for authority's sake; and to procure audience and reverence. The Lo...
_Then came the word of the Lord unto me_ When these men had proposed their case, and were expecting the priests' answer, God commissioned his prophet to give them the answer contained in the subsequen...
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,...
THE QUESTION PROPOSED...
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...
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...
THEN, when these men had proposed their case, and expected the priests answer, CAME THE WORD OF THE LORD; an answer from God, which follows in the 7th and 8th Chapter s of this book at large....
Zechariah 7:4 word H1697 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 saying H559 (H8800) Lord of hosts - Isaiah 10:16...
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...
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...
QUESTIONS ABOUT FASTING (ZECHARIAH 7:1). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for his crown, who had ha...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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
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...
Isaiah 10:16...