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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-6

God's call to repentance. Repentance is turning from sin unto God. I. THE CALL IS FOUNDED ON GOD 'S ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO OBEDIENCE . "Lord of hosts." Sublime title. Thrice used, to give the greater impressiveness. Implies that God's rule is wide as creation. Mark the "host" of stars ( Isaiah 40:26 ). Higher, behold the "angels and principalities and powers" ( Psalms 103:20 , Psalms 103:21 ). God is Lord of all, and it is this God that claims our homage. To turn ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-6

The importance of repentance. "In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechish, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers," etc. Zechariah and Haggai were contemporaries—prophets of the restoration. The former began to prophesy about two months after Haggai. Like Jeremiah and Ezekiel, he was of priestly descent; a son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, the chief of one of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:2

Hath been sore displeased ; literally, displeased with displeasure, which the versions render, ὠργίσθη ὀργὴν μεγάλην : iratus iracundia (cf. Zechariah 1:15 ). Not only events connected with their earlier history proved that God had been incensed with their forefathers, but the ruin of their kingdom, and the late Captivity, and the desolation around them, were evidence of the same sad truth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:2-6

§ 2. The prophet admonishes the people not to follow their forefathers' evil example, but to turn to the Lord with all their heart. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:3

Say thou unto them . The prophet shows why he has reminded them of their forefathers' sins and punishment. Saith the Lord of hosts. The expression recurs three times in this verse; it denotes the almightiness and infinite resources of God (see note A in the appendix to Archdeacon Perowne's edition of this prophet). Its constant repetition, as in Haggai, gives a certain heaviness to the prophet's style. Turn ( return ) ye unto me . He calls the people to repentance, partly, doubtless,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:4

The former prophets have cried. Omit "have." The prophets referred to are those before the Captivity, both those whoso writings are extant, as Hosea, Joel, Amos, etc; and those whose names are mentioned in the historical books, e.g. Nathan, Gad, Shemaiah, Azariah, Hanaui, Elijah, Elisha, Micaiah (Pusey). (See similar complaints in 2 Kings 17:13 ; 2 Chronicles 36:15 , etc.; Jeremiah 25:3-8 , which last passage seems to have been in Zechariah's mind.) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:2

Wroth was the Lord against your fathers with wrath - o, that is, a wrath which was indeed such, whose greatness he does not further express, but leaves to their memories to supply. Cyril: “Seest thou how he scares them, and, setting before the young what befell those before them, drives them to amend, threatening them with the like or more grievous ills, unless they would wisely reject their fathers’ ways, esteeming the pleasing of God worthy of all thought and care. He speaks of great wrath.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:3

Therefore say thou - Literally, “And thou sayest,” that is, this having been so, it follows that thou sayest or must say, “Turn ye unto Me.” In some degree they had turned to God, for whose sake they had returned to their land; and again when, after some negligence Haggai 1:2-11, they renewed the building of the temple, and God had said, “I am with you” Haggai 1:13. But there needed yet a more inward, more complete turning, whereon God promises a yet nearer presence, as Malachi repeats the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:4

Be ye not like your fathers - Strangely infectious is the precedent of ill. Tradition of good, of truth, of faith, is decried; only tradition of ill and error are adhered to. The sin of Jeroboam was held sacred by every king of Israel: “The statutes of Omri were diligently kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab” Micah 6:16. “They turned back and were treacherous like their forefathers; they turned themselves like a deceitful bow” Psalms 78:57, is God’s summary of the history of Israel.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 1:1-2

Zechariah 1:1-2. In the eighth month This month, according to that reckoning which begins the year with the month Abib, or Nisan, Exodus 12:2, falls in with the latter part of our October, and the beginning of November. Haggai had begun to exhort the Jews to resume the work of building the temple two months before this, and they had actually resumed it on the 24th day of the sixth month, that is, in the beginning of September. In the second year of Darius That is, Darius the son of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:2-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 1:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 1:1-2

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