But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate (n) after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land (o) desolate.
(n) That is, after they were taken captive.
(o) By their sins by which they provoked God's anger.
Verse Zechariah 7:14. _I SCATTERED THEM WITH A WHIRLWIND_] This refers to the swift victories and cruel conduct of the Chaldeans towards the Jews; they came upon them like a _whirlwind_; they were tos...
BUT I SCATTERED THEM - Rather, “And I will scatter them.” The saying continues what God had said that he had said, and which had come to pass. Among all nations whom they knew not. So God had repeated...
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 7:8 is probably an amplification of the original address by a later hand and likewise Zechariah 8:1. Both are much like Zechariah 1:2....
I SCATTERED THEM WITH. WHIRLWIND. Not the usual verb, to scatter; but _sa'ar_. to drive with. tempest. Occurs only seven times (2 Kings 6:11 ("sore troubled"). Isaiah 54:11.Hosea 13:3;...
_with a whirlwind_ Amos 1:14; Job 27:21. _whom they knew not_ Deuteronomy 28:33; Jeremiah 16:13. _after them_ i.e. after they
I SCATTERED THEM WITH A WHIRLWIND— This sublime metaphor is expressed by a single word in the original, ואסערם _vaeisaarem._ See Archbishop Newcome. REFLECTIONS.—1st, Though we have nothing here reco...
THE SECOND ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:8-14 RV. And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and show kindness and compa...
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolat...
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...
(8-14) The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the opposite course, and therefore God, in accordance with Deute...
וְ אֵ֣סָעֲרֵ֗ם עַ֤ל כָּל ־הַ גֹּויִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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...
And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the w...
REFLECTIONS. Reader! it is among the most important of all subjects to have a right apprehension of the method, whereby poor fallen man in every age of the Church, can rightly approach to God. Mankind...
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 concludes what he had been speaking of God’s vengeance, by which he had fully proved, that the sins of that nation had arrived to such a pitch, that there was no room for pardon. Henc...
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...
BUT I SCATTERED THEM WITH A WHIRLWIND,.... Denoting the fierceness of his wrath, and the strength of his fury, seen in their dispersion: AMONG ALL THE NATIONS WHOM THEY KNEW NOT; such as the Babyloni...
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate...
_Therefore_ On this very account; _as he cried_ As I, by my Spirit in my prophets, called, warned, entreated, and urged them to repent, obey, and live, but they would not; _so they cried_ In their dee...
but I scattered them with a whirlwind, in a terrible storm of His wrath, AMONG ALL THE NATIONS WHOM THEY KNEW NOT, strange to them in language, customs, and religion. THUS THE LAND WAS DESOLATE AFTER...
AN APPEAL TO THE PAST...
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...
PLEASANT LAND: _ Heb._ land of desire...
8-14 God's judgements upon Israel of old for their sins, were written to warn Christians. The duties required are, not keeping fasts and offering sacrifices, but doing justly and loving mercy, which...
BUT I SCATTERED THEM; when they had so provoked me, I cast them out of their habitations, pursued them with the tempest of wrath that scattered them as I threatened. WITH A WHIRLWIND; irresistibly, su...
Zechariah 7:14 whirlwind H5590 (H8762) nations H1471 known H3045 (H8804) land H776 desolate H8074 (H8738) after...
GOD CALLS THE PEOPLE TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING RATHER THAN RELIGIOUS ZEAL AND WARNS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL (ZECHARIAH 7:8). What Zechariah is saying is now expressed in more depth. Zechariah 7:8 ‘...
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...
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...
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...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 7:14 The Lord’s judgment came upon his people like a WHIRLWIND. It scattered them among NATIONS THAT THEY HAD NOT KNOWN and made them as vulnerable as the people they had o...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 7:8.] God requires obedience, not formal fastings. The disobedience of the fathers brought judgment upon the nation. ZECHARIAH 7:9. EXECUTE] Admonitions which have special r...
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...
2 Chronicles 36:21; Amos 1:14; Daniel 8:9; Daniel 9:16; Deutero
They laid the land desolate — By their sins....