So have I turned and purposed in these days to do well unto Jerusalem – <\/B>Dionysius: God, to be better understood, speaketh with the feelings and after the manner of men, although, in the passionless and unchangeable God, there is no provocation to anger, nor turning, implying change in Himself. So He says by Jeremiah, I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil Jer 29:11<\/span>. And, with the same contrast as here, As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to throw down, and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, saith the Lord Jer 31:28<\/span>. His having done what He purposed before was an earnest the more, that He would do what He purposed now. His chastisements were the earnests of His mercies; for they too were an austere form of His love. Osorius: When the Lord stretches out His hand to strike those who are contumacious in guilt, none can hold His hand that He exact not the due punishment. Therefore He says, that He repented not; so, when He receives to grace those who repent of their sins, no one can any way delay the course of His benevolence. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance Rom 11:29<\/span>.<\/P> And to the house of Judah – <\/B>Ribera: He speaks to the two tribes, not to, or of the ten, because Christ was to come to the two tribes, and Zechariah was prophesying to them, and they were to be admonished to prepare themselves in good works, lest the coming of Christ should not profit them, on account of their depraved ways. But the ten tribes were far off in the cities of the Medes, nor was Christ to come to them; but they were to hear the Gospel through the Apostles, and so he prophesies of the conversion of all to the glory of Christ, yet he could not admonish all, but those only to whom he was sent.<\/P> <\/p>\n So again; so with like steadiness of mind with an equal unchangeableness, I have purposed and promised to do well to you, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and house of Judah. <\/P> Fear ye not; for if in punishing, which I love not, I was constant, in blessing, which pleaseth me, I cannot but be constant. <\/P> <\/p>\n So again<\/strong>,…. Or “so I am returned” n, as in Zec 8:3<\/span>:<\/p>\n have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah<\/strong>; by bestowing the above mentioned blessings on them; and as Jehovah has thought, so it comes to pass, and as he has purposed, so it stands; whatever he determines shall be, as for evil, so for good, Isa 14:24<\/span>:<\/p>\n fear ye not<\/strong>; as in Zec 8:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n n “sic conversus sum”, Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; “ita conversus”, Junius Tremellius, Piscator “reversus sum”, Burkius.<\/p>\n Now at the end of the verse the Prophet reminds us of the application of his doctrine, even to encourage the Jews, that they might go on with alacrity in the work of building the temple. But we have said that we ought to be armed with God’s promises, so that we may with courageous hearts follow wherever he may call us; for we shall all presently faint except we find that the hand of God is present with us. Since then we are by nature slothful and tender, and since inconstancy often creeps in, this is our only remedy, — that when we seek to go on in the course of our calling to the end, we know that God will be ever a help to us; and this is what the Prophet now teaches us. He then applies what he had before promised to its legitimate purpose, — to encourage the Jews to lay aside their fear, courageously to undertake their work, and to expect what was not yet evident, even a complete restoration. It follows — <\/p>\n Zec 8:15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.<\/p>\n Ver. 15. So again have I thought<\/strong> ] Sic conversus sum.<\/em> This change was not in God, but in the people, to whom he is now resolved to show mercy, and that from a gracious purpose and determination, such as altereth not. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fear ye not<\/strong> ] Faith quelleth and killeth distrustful fear; but awful dread breedeth it, feedeth, fostereth, and cherisheth.<\/p>\n have: Jer 29:11-14, Jer 32:42, Mic 4:10-13, Mic 7:18-20 <\/p>\n fear: Zec 8:13, Isa 43:1, Isa 43:2, Zep 3:16, Zep 3:17, Luk 12:32 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 23:20 – until Joe 2:21 – Fear Hag 2:5 – fear<\/p>\n Zec 8:15. The Lord promised to be as firm in his forecast of blessings for His people as he was in the predictions of the chastisement.<\/p>\n 8:15 So again have I thought in these days {i} to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.<\/p>\n (i) Which declares that man cannot turn to God until he changes man’s heart by his Spirit, and so begin to do good to them, which is to pardon his sins and to give him his graces.<\/p>\n So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. 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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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