And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum paraphrases it: here begins a new prophecy, respecting the abrogation of Jewish fasts, and the calling of the Gentiles.
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The restoration announced (Zechariah 8:1) _ 2. The peace of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4) 3. The return to the land (Zechariah 8:6) 4. The blessing of the land and the people ...
ZECHARIAH 8:4 F. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympathetic...
The Answer. Fourth Section In coming now to a direct answer to the question, out of which the whole prophecy arose, Almighty God enumerates not only _the fast of the fifth month_to which the question...
THE SIXTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:18-23 RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of...
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, -The prophet answers the query () as to the fast in the fifth month, by a reply applying to all their fasts: these are to be turned into days...
REITERATION OF GOD'S PROMISES CONCERNING JERUSALEM The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3). God has com...
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 8 V1 Again, the word of the *LORD of Everything came (to Zechariah). (The *LORD told him) to say this. V2 ‘This is what the *LORD...
(18-23) This fourth section gives at last all that the prophet deigns to answer concerning the fast of the fifth month (Zechariah 7:3), and also concerning the other fasts. On the 9th or 17th of “the...
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 NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...
The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only the...
And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying, (19) Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the ten...
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...
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...
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, Ver. 18. _And the word_] _See Trapp on "_ Zec 8:1 _"_...
And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,...
THE EXTENT OF THE MESSIANIC INFLUENCE...
THE POSITIVE ANSWER (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question ofZechariah 7:2. The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective work to...
18-23 When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though t...
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THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 8:18). Zechariah 8:18 ‘And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts. The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the f...
Zechariah 8:9. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of th...
Zechariah 8:1. _Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury._ Because t...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's unchanging purpose to restore Jerusalem and bless Israel in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem, the city of God, and Israel, the people of God, have G...
Zechariah 8:2. _I was jealous for Zion with great fury,_ to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun an...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:1 God is renewing his presence with his people. He is reaffirming his purpose to bless the nations through them. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 8:18.] An answer to question (ch. Zechariah 7:3). FASTS] shall be turned into FEASTS] of joy and gladness. LOVE] Live in harmony among yourselves as the _result:_ others as...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 8:1 § 4. _The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace._ ZECHARIAH 8:1 AGAIN; rather, _and_. This chapter con...
Now again the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the LORD; I am re...