Bible Commentary

And the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 21. speedily ] Lit. come let us go, to go, which may merely express the earnestness of the exhortation. “Omnes una et magno studio.” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:21”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 20. people ] Lit. peoples. Here probably the tribes of Israel (comp. Deu 33:3; Deu 33:19, where the word is used in that sense). In Zec 8:22, many peoples, refers to foreign … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:20”

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 tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 19. The fast of the fourth … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:19”

And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 18 23. 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 immediately referred (Zec 8:3), but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:18”

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these [are things] that I hate, saith the LORD. For all these things do I hate – Literally, emphatic, For they are all these things which I hate. This is the sum of what I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:17”

These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 16. the judgment of truth and peace ] Rather, truth and the judgment of peace judge ye, as in R. V. margin. Jerusalem would indeed “be called a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:16”

So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. So have I turned and purposed in these days to do well unto Jerusalem – Dionysius: God, to be better understood, speaketh with the feelings and after the manner of men, although, in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:15”

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: 14 17. “The ground upon which the promise rests is given in Zec 8:14-15, and it is closed in Zec 8:16-17, by the addition of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:14”

And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, [but] let your hands be strong. 13. a curse a blessing ] Either, the object of cursing and blessing, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:13”

For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things]. 12. the seed shall be prosperous ] Lit. The seed of peace (there shall be). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:12”