What does Zechariah 8:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the westc country;"
Verse Zechariah 8:7. _I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM_ _THE WEST_] From every land in which any of them may be found. But these promises principally regard the Christian Church,...
I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY AND FROM THE WEST COUNTRY - Dionysius: “that is, the whole world; for Israel had been scattered in every part of the world.” God had said to Israel, “I will...
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...
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...
BEHOLD,. WILL, &c.. Behold Me saving, &c. from the east country, &a Compare Isaiah 43:5. Note the Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole earth, See Psalms 50:1; Psalms 113:3...
_from the east country, and from the west country_ Comp. Isaiah 43:5-6. The promise is larger than has yet been fulfilled....
DISCOURSE: 1249 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Zechariah 8:3. Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem, shall be called a city of truth; and t...
THE THIRD ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:1-8 - RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying, Thus-' saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; BEHOLD, I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM, THE WEST - i e., from ev...
8:7 country; (e-20) Lit., as often, 'from the land of the sun-rising and from the land of the sun-setting.'...
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...
FROM THE EAST... AND FROM THE WEST. — There were Jews in exile in the west as well as in the east (Joel 3:6); and, indeed, a very general dispersion may be almost implied from Isaiah 43:5....
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות הִנְנִ֥י מֹושִׁ֛יעַ אֶת ־עַמִּ֖י מֵ אֶ֣רֶץ מִזְרָ֑ח וּ מֵ אֶ֖רֶץ...
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 o...
TRUTH AND LOVE MUST PREVAIL Zechariah 8:1-17 In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men and women who we...
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...
_Sun, from Chaldea and the islands. This chiefly regards the Christian Church. (Calmet) --- Assyria and Chaldea lay to the north. The promises are too great for the synagogue. (Worthington)_...
Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion. With great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord;...
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...
He pursues the same subject, and introduces a preface, very necessary in so confused a state of things; for it was very difficult to raise up desponding minds and to inspire them with confidence, when...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, BEHOLD,.... As being something wonderful, of great importance, and deserving attention: I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM THE WEST COUNTRY; this can...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; Ver. 7. _Behold, I will save my people from the east_] This was in part, no doubt, litera...
_If it be marvellous_ If these things promised appear difficult, and in a manner impossible; _in the eyes of the remnant of this people_ In the judgment and opinion, or rather to the unbelief, of this...
THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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...
THE WEST COUNTRY: _ Heb._ the country of the going down of the Sun...
1-8 The sins of Zion were her worst enemies. God will take away her sins, and then no other enemies shall hurt her. Those who profess religion must adorn their profession by godliness and honesty. Wh...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS: here again God engageth his almighty power to make good his promise. BEHOLD; consider well what power is to do this. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE, bring them safe, FROM THE EAST...
Zechariah 8:7 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 save H3467 (H8688) people H5971 land H776 east H4217 land H776 west H3996 H8121 I - Psalms 107:2-3; Isaiah 11:11-16, Isai
GOD DECLARES HIS PURPOSES FOR HIS PEOPLE WITH PROMISES OF GREAT BLESSING (ZECHARIAH 8:1). God now makes a number of declarations through Zechariah in respect of His people. · Firstly, ‘I am jealous...
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...
_I will save My people from the East country, and from the West country _ A TWO-FOLD DIVINE RESTORATION I. A Divine temporal restoration. The reference here is to those Jews who had been scattered a...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img");...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The fate of their fathers urged them to obedience, now the promise of future prosperity. ZECHARIAH 8:2. JEALOUS] Implying warmth of love and zeal. FURY] Indignation to enemies. ZECH...
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 co...
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...
Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 37:19; Hosea 11:10; Hosea 11:11; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 27:12; Isaiah 27:13; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 43:6;...
The east — country — Persia and Media, which lay east from Jerusalem, and were now masters of Babylon....