In the eighth month, in the second year of (a) Darius, came the word of the LORD unto (b) Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Argument - Two months after Haggai had begun to prophesy, Zechariah was also sent of the Lord to help him in the labour, and to confirm... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD hath been (c) sore displeased with your fathers. (c) He speaks this to make them afraid of God's judgments, so that they should not provoke him as their fathers had done, whom he so grievously punished.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; (d) Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. (d) Let your fruits declare that you are God's people, and that he has wrought in you by his Spirit, and mortified you: for otherwise man has... [ Continue Reading ]
Your fathers, where (e) [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? (e) Though your fathers are dead, yet God's judgments in punishing them ought still to be before your eyes: and though the prophets are dead, yet their doctrine remains for ever; (2 Peter 1:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of (f) your fathers? and (g) they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. (f) Seeing you saw the... [ Continue Reading ]
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which [is] the month (h) Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (h) Which includes part of January and part of February.... [ Continue Reading ]
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) This vision signifies the restoration of the Church: but as yet it would not appear to man's eyes, wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the (m) angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? (m) That is, Christ the mediator prayed for the salvation of his Church, which was no... [ Continue Reading ]
So the angel that talked with me said to me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am (n) jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. (n) Though for a time God defers his help and comfort from his Church, yet this declares that he still loves them most dearly, as a most me... [ Continue Reading ]
And I am very greatly displeased with the nations [that are] at ease: for I was but (o) a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. (o) In destroying the reprobate, I showed myself but a little angry toward my Church, but the enemy would have destroyed them also, and did not consid... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line (p) shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (p) To measure out the buildings.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet (q) be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (q) The abundance will be so great, that the places of storage will not be able to contain these blessings that God will s... [ Continue Reading ]
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold (r) four horns. (r) Which signifies all the enemies of the Church: east, west, north, and south.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD showed me four (s) craftsmen. (s) These craftsmen or smiths are God's instruments, who with their mallets and hammers break these hard and strong horns which would overthrow the Church, and declare that no enemies' horn is so strong, but God has a hammer to break it in pieces.... [ Continue Reading ]