ゼカリヤ書 8:18 JCB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Zechariah 8:18-23

E. Kingdom joy and Jewish favor 8:18-23This final section of this part of the book (chs. 7-8) returns full circle to the theme with which it began, namely, the people’s concern about fasting (cf. Zechariah 7:1-7). These messages began after a few Bethelites came to Jerusalem (Zechariah 7:2-7), and they ended with the promise that multitudes of Gentiles representing all languages would come to Jerusalem. The fasting of the past would become feasting in the future. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:1-23

Reiteration of God’s Promises concerning JerusalemThe 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 come to dwell with His people. Happiness and prosperity are in store for Jerusalem if it will do His will. All nations will seek to join in worshipping God in Jerusalem.1. Again] RV ’and’: there is no break in thought between the two chapters 2. I was jealous] better, ’I am jealous.’ The word indicates... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Zechariah 8:18-23

(18-23) This fourth section gives at last all that the prophet deigns to answer concerning the fast of the fifth month (Zechariah 7:3), and also concerning the other fasts. On the 9th or 17th of “the fourth” month (Tammuz) Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, in the eleventh year of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6-7). On the tenth of “the tenth” month (Tebeth) siege was laid to Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, in the ninth year of Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4). As, on account of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Zechariah 8:1-23

Work and Play Zechariah 8:5 I shall set play in a threefold light: I. In the light of work. II. In the light of the Gospel. III. In the light of heaven. I. Play in the Light of Work. What is the difference between work and play? It is not in the things we do so much that the real difference between work and play is found: it is in the spirit in which the thing is done. And can we distinguish that difference of spirit? I do not suppose that it was ever better done than by that great thinker... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

; Zechariah 8:1-23"THE SEED OF PEACE"Zechariah 7:1-14; Zechariah 8:1-23THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of the great national institutions, and God’s will to destroy the heathen forces of the world. With the Temple built, Israel should be again in the position which she enjoyed before the Exile. Zechariah, therefore, proceeds to exhort his people to put away the fasts which the Exile had made... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 8:1-23

CHAPTER 8 1. The restoration announced (Zechariah 8:1-3 ) 2. The peace of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4-5 ) 3. The return to the land (Zechariah 8:6-8 ) 4. The blessing of the land and the people (Zechariah 8:9-23 ) Zechariah 8:1-3 . The answer is now given to the question, and it is an answer which none of the petitioners expected. The answer is closely linked with the third night vision in chapter 2, for here is an enlarged prophecy concerning the restoration of Jerusalem. Jehovah was... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:1-23

The Positive Answer (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question ofZechariah 7:2; Zechariah 7:2. The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective work to which the eyes of Israel are to be directed. Yet the answer looks forward, far beyond any small measure of revival in Israel, to the time when God restores the nation permanently in the age of millennial glory. Another direct word from the Lord of hosts comes to Zechariah, not... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

MORE OF THE PROPHET ’S OWN TIME THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (Zechariah 4:0 ) The candlestick was a copy of that in the early tabernacle, but with what difference (Zechariah 4:2 )? From what source was its oil supplied (Zechariah 4:3 )? What did this supply of oil from the trees symbolize (Zechariah 4:6 )? The candlestick itself may represent the temple which the Jews were now essaying to build, or the Jewish nation as a whole which was now sought to be re-established and become a light in... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Zechariah 8:1-23

Fasting and Feasting Zechariah 7:0 , Zechariah 8:0 It is not enough to fast That may be a trick; there may be a way of doing it which robs it of all its virtue and of all its significance. God takes our ceremonies to pieces, and says aloud, What is the meaning of all this your church-going and hymn-singing, and apparently decent observance of religious ordinances? Is it in reality unto me, or is it unto yourselves? Fasting is not postponed feasting. Yet this is what it has been turned into... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 8:18-19

And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying, (19) 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. Here is another testimony to the spiritual sense of this sweet Chapter. It was one of the uniform characters of Christ's reign upon earth, that his Church should hold a perpetual feast.... read more