Bible Commentary

Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying, Chap. Zec 8:1-17. The Answer. Third Section 1. Again ] Rather, And. See Zec 7:8, note. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Dionysius: After the Lord had, in the preceding chapter, manifoldly rebuked the Jewish people, He now comforts it with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 8:1”

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. 14. with a whirlwind ] Amo 1:14; Job 27:21. whom they knew not ] Deu 28:33; Jer 16:13. after … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:14”

Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: And it came to pass – that is, this which God had said, As He cried and they heard not, so shall they cry and I will … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:13”

Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. 12. an adamant ] perhaps diamond, “so called from its cutting and perforating … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:12”

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 11. pulled away the shoulder ] Neh 9:29; Hos 4:16. stopped ] Lit. made heavy, i.e. dull. Comp. Isa 6:10. The same word is used of the eyes, Gen 48:10, and of the tongue, Exo 4:10. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:11”

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. And oppress not – He had commanded positive acts of love; he now forbids every sort of unlove. He that oppresseth the poor, Solomon had said, reproacheth his Maker. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:10”

Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 9. thus speaketh ] Rather, thus saith. Some would render, thus said the Lord of hosts, i.e. to your fathers by the former prophets (Zec 7:7), a summary of whose teaching is then given, Zec … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:9”

And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, 8 11. The Answer. Second Section 8. the word of the Lord came ] It is not necessary to suppose that there was a break, or interval of time, between the sections which are introduced by this formula. The frequent appeal to Jehovah, as the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:8”

[Should ye] not [hear] the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when [men] inhabited the south and the plain? 7. Should ye not hear the words ] Comp. Isa 58:3-7 ; 1Sa 15:22. To that old teaching … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:7”

And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]? 6. did eat and did drink ] Rather, eat and drink, as R. V. did not ye eat for yourselves, &c.?] Lit. is it not you who are eating, and you who are drinking? i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Zechariah 7:6”