스가랴 8:19-20 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:18-23

Pre-eminent favour. "And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month," etc. The close of this chapter gives an answer at length to the question asked in Zechariah 7:3 . And this answer consists—unlike the intervening stream of mingled denunciation, warning, and encouragement of an almost unbroken outburst of promise and hope. The only apparent exception, in fact, is to be found in the six brief words of admonition at the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:19

The fast of the fourth month, etc. (For the occasions of these fasts, see note on Zechariah 7:3 .) Jerome gives the later Jewish traditions concerning them. The fast of the seventh day of the fourth month commemorated the breaking of the two tables of the commandments by Moses, as well as the first breach in the walls of Jerusalem; that of the fifth month was observed in memory of the return of the spies sent to explore Canaan, and the consequent punishment of forty years' wandering in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 8:20

It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people; peoples. The sight of the prosperity of the Jews shall induce surrounding nations to join in the worship of Jehovah. The same truth is expressed in Psalms 126:1-3 . Perowne thinks that verses 20, 21 refer to the tribes of Israel; but it seems unnatural to suppose the prophet asserting that it will yet happen that Israelites will seek the Lord, when there is no reason to think that they had not done so in some fashion, or that they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:19

The fast of the fourth month - On the ninth day “of the fourth month” of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, Jerusalem, in the extremity of famine, opened to Nebuchadnezzar, and his princes sat in her gate; in the “tenth month” of his ninth year Nebuchadnezzar began the siege. Ezekiel was bidden “on its tenth day; write thee the name of the day, of this same day,” Ezekiel 24:1-2, as the beginning of God’s uttermost judgments against “the bloody city” . The days of national sorrow were to be turned late... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:20

It shall yet be that - The promises are those which God had already made by Isaiah (Isaiah 2:2 ff) and Micah (Micah 4:1 ff). Yet where was the show of their fulfillment? The Jews themselves, a handful: the temple unfinished; its completion depending, in human sight, upon the will of their pagan masters, the rival worship at Samaria standing and inviting to coalition. Appearances and experience were against it. God says virtually, that it was, in human sight, contrary to all expectations. But... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:19

Zechariah 8:19. The fast of the fourth month and of the fifth, &c. See the note on Zechariah 7:5. The siege of Jerusalem was begun in the tenth month, and in the fourth of the year following the city was taken. God here informs the people, by his prophet, in answer to the question proposed, chap. Zechariah 7:3, that they might now disuse these fasts, and lay aside the mournful ceremonies with which they had been solemnized, the judgments, which had given occasion to them, being removed.... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:20-22

Zechariah 8:20-22. It shall yet come to pass, &c. The design of this and the three following verses is evidently to show the high degree of estimation in which Jerusalem and the Jews would hereafter be held, by foreign nations, when those among them, who were piously disposed to worship Jehovah the true God, would come to worship him at Jerusalem, as a place of peculiar sanctity; and those who wanted protection would humbly sue to the Jews for it, convinced that the men of that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

Confidence for the future (8:1-23)Zechariah goes on to outline the blessings that will come to Jerusalem when God dwells there. God’s love for Jerusalem was the reason why he punished it so severely. With corresponding zeal he will restore it to a favoured place according to his covenant promises (8:1-3).In the new community of God’s people, there will be no place for fear or violence. Old and young alike will enjoy lives of freedom and contentment greater than they imagined possible (4-6).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:19

saith = hath said. the fourth month. The ninth of Tammuz (Jeremiah 52:6 , Jeremiah 52:7 ), when the city was broken up; hence called "the fourth fast". the fifth. On the tenth of Ab, when the Temple and the houses were burnt (Jeremiah 52:12 , Jeremiah 52:13 ). the seventh. The third of Tisri, when Gedaliah was slain by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah (Jeremiah 40:8 ; Jeremiah 41:1-3 , Jeremiah 41:15-18 ). the tenth. On the tenth of Tebeth, when the king of Babylon set his face against... read more