The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-8
§ 4. The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace. read more
撒迦利亞書 8:4-6 Cunpts
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-8
Assurance of favour. "Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me." When warning is carried too far, it degenerates into threatening, and defeats its own end, producing despair instead of desire to escape. It is probably on this account that the solemn warning with which Zechariah 7:1-14 . concludes gives place, in this chapter, to an animating series of encouragements and promises. (For somewhat similar transitions, see Hebrews 6:9 ; Isaiah 1:18 , etc.) In the verses now... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23
The future glory of the Church. God speaks. Formerly stern rebuke; here sweet encouragement. Glowing picture of the good time coming. I. GOD 'S ABIDING LOVE TO HIS CHURCH . There are times when it would seem as if God had cast off his people. "Has God forgotten to be gracious?" Here is the answer. "I am jealous," etc. There is real, intense, and abiding attachment. Words of good cheer verified by facts. "I am returned," etc. II. GOD 'S GRACIOUS PURPOSE TO ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:4
There shall yet old men … dwell ( sit ), etc. A picture of happy security and plenty, in vivid contrast to the desolation deplored in Lamentations 2:1-22 .; 5. In the days of the Maccabees it is noted, among other tokens of peace and prosperity, that "the ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things" (1 Macc 14:9). For very age; Hebrew, for multitude of days. People shall reach the utmost limits of human life. According to the old Law, length of days was... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:5
Full of boys and girls. Jerusalem and the other cities had long been strangers to any such happy sight. Large increase of population is a blessing often promised in the latter days ( Hosea 1:10 ; Micah 2:12 ). Perowne remarks that our Lord alludes to the games of children the marketplaces as a familiar incident his days ( Matthew 11:16 , Matthew 11:17 ; comp. Jeremiah 11:1-23 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:6
In these days; rather, in those days . If what is promised in Zechariah 8:3-5 seems incredible to those who shall see the fulfilment. The remnant. The returned Jews and their posterity ( Haggai 1:12-14 ). Should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? Certainly not. Nothing is impossible with God. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:4
There shall yet dwell old men and old women - Dionysius: “Men and women shall not be slain now, as before in the time of the Babylonish destruction, but shall fulfill their natural course.” It shall not be, as when “He gave His people over unto the sword; the fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage; the priests were slain by the sword and their widows made no lamentation” Psalms 78:63-64; apart from the horrible atrocities of pagan war, when the unborn... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:6
If it should be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those - (not these) days, shall it be marvelous in Mine eyes also? saith the Lord of hosts Man’s anticipations, by reason of his imperfections and the chequered character of earthly things, are always disappointing. God’s doings, by reason of His infinite greatness and goodness, are always beyond our anticipations, past all belief. It is their very greatness which staggers us. It is not then merely that the temporal promises... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:4-5
Zechariah 8:4-5. There shall yet old men, &c., dwell in Jerusalem Namely, both at this time and afterward. Formerly war, or famine, or pestilence, or wasting diseases cut off men and women before they grew to old age; but now it shall be otherwise: I will bless the people with a state of peace, and with health and long life. And every man, or, every one, man or woman, with his staff in his, or her, hand for very age It shall not be from weakness and diseases that they lean upon... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-6
The blessed community of men yet to appear on the earth. "Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury," etc. This chapter does not commence a new subject, but continues the subject of the preceding one. The awful consequences of disregarding the will of Heaven had often been set forth by the prophets; and here, in this chapter, we have the assurance of the renewal... read more