Zechariah 8:23

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. IN THOSE DAYS ... TEN MEN - "ten," a definite number for an indefinite. So in ; . OUT OF ALL LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS - i:e., out of nations of all languages (cf. ; ). SHALL TAKE HOLD OF THE SKIRT OF HIM THAT IS A JEW - a gesture of suppliant entreaty as to a superior. Compare...

He pursues the same subject in this verse; for as he had before said, that the nations would willingly come to worship God, and that each would encourage his brother to undertake this pious and holy expedition, so he now adds, that ten men would lay hold on the border of a Jew’s garment: _Ten men shall then take hold of the skirt of a Jew_. He shows here more clearly what I have briefly referred to — that there would be no need of arms, or of any compulsion, in order to draw or compel the nations to engage in God’s service; for even ten would of themselves accompany one Jew; and it is a proof of a very great readiness when ten surrender themselves to be ruled by one. As one Jew could not be sufficient to draw so many nations, the Prophet declares that there would be everywhere a union of faith, so that those, before wholly alienated from God, would desire to join themselves as friends, o...

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 thereby you come short of the gains others get dishonestly; and, as much as in you lies, live peaceably with all men. Let the truths of God rule in your heads, and let the peace of God rule in your hearts. Thus the ancient servants of God drew the notice of heathen neighbours, whose prejudices were softened. A great increase to the church shall be made. Hitherto the Jews had been prone to learn the idolatries of other nations: what more unlikely than that they should teach religion to their conquerors, and to all the principal nations of the earth! Yet this is expressly foretold, and it came to pass. Hitherto the prophecy has been wonderfully fulfilled, and no doubt future events will explain...

Verse Zechariah 8:23. _TEN MEN - SHALL TAKE HOLD OF THE SKIRT OF HIM THAT IS A_ _JEW_] The converts from among the Gentiles shall be to the Jews as _ten_ to _one_. But _ten_ may here signify a great number, without comparison. And from this scripture it appears as if the Jews, converted to God, should be the instruments of converting many _Gentiles_. See on Isaiah 3:6. _Catching hold of the skirt_ is a gesture naturally used to entreat assistance and protection. This and the three foregoing verses, says Abp. _Newcome_, refer to the great accession of converts which the Jewish Church received between the captivity and the coming of Christ; to the number of _Christian_ disciples which the Jewish preachers made, and to the future conversions of which the...

TEN MEN OF ALL LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS - Ten is the symbol of a whole, all the numbers before it meeting in it and starting again from it. The day of Pentecost was to be the reversal of the confusion of Babel; all were to have one voice, as God had said, “It (the time) shall come to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and see My glory” Isaiah 66:18. THEY SHALL LAY HOLD OF THE SKIRT OF ONE MAN WHO IS A JEW - Jerome: “That is, of the Lord and Saviour, of whom it is said, “A prince shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until He shall come, for whom it is laid up, and for Him shall the Gentiles wait” Genesis 49:8; for “there shall be a rod of Jesse, and He who shall arise to rule over the Gen

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 contains the second half of the Lord's answer concerning fasting, merging into prophecy. ZECHARIAH 8:2 THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. This formula occurs ten times in this chapter, thus enforcing the truth that all the promises made to Zion come from the Lord himself, and are therefore sure to be fulfilled. I WAS JEALOUS;—_I am jealous, _as...

THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... For the further confirmation and illustration of this prophecy: IN THOSE DAYS [IT SHALL COME TO PASS]; this shall be done in the times of the preaching of the Gospel by Christ and his apostles: THAT TEN MEN SHALL TAKE HOLD OUT OF ALL LANGUAGES OF THE NATIONS, EVEN SHALL TAKE BOLD OF THE SKIRT OF HIM THAT IS A JEW: which may be understood either of our Lord Jesus Christ; who was a Jew by nation, the Jews were his own people, and Judea his nation; by descent, he springing from the tribe of Judah, and the family of David; by religion, being made under the Jewish law; by his habit and dress, by which, as well as by his language, the woman of Samaria knew he was a Jew, John 4:9 and very probably he wore the fringe the Jews did on the border of his garment,...

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 they worshipped idols instead of the living God, Jehovah of hosts, who is a jealous God, was very angry with his ancient people, and allowed them to be carried away into captivity; and it is well for us, in these days, to recollect that we serve a jealous God, and that, if our hearts are not true to him, he will soon send us sharp afflictions, and make us feel the weight of his rod. It was Paul's anxious desire that he might be able to present the church at Corinth «as a chaste virgin to Christ;» and, certainly, our Lord Jesus Christ will not accept the professing church of these days on any other terms. Let thy heart be loyal and true to him, or else thou wilt stir up the holy jealou

THOSE DAYS That is, in the days when Jerusalem has been made the centre of the earth's worship. (Zechariah 8:23) explains: the Jew (see "Remnant," (Isaiah 1:9); (Romans 11:5) will then be the missionary, and to the very "nations" now called "Christian"!...

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 8:9) Zechariah 8:1. The answer is now given to the question, and it is an answer which none of the petitioners expected. The answer is closely linked with the third night vision in chapter 2, for here is an enlarged prophecy concerning the restoration of Jerusalem. Jehovah was jealous for Jerusalem. The wrath