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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:15

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease ,.... The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews, who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, when the state and condition of the Jews was very low and discouraging: for I was but a little displeased : that is, with his people the Jews, for their ingratitude, idolatry, and immorality; and which displeasure he showed by suffering them to be carried into captivity; see Isaiah 54:8 , ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies ,.... Having returned the people of the Jews from their captivity to Jerusalem, in which he had shown abundant mercy to them: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts ; meaning the temple where he dwelt and was worshipped; the foundation of which had been laid two months before this prophecy was delivered, Haggai 2:18 and which should be raised up and finished, notwithstanding all the opposition of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:17

Cry yet, saying ,.... That is, "prophesy again", as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad ; or, according to the Targum, "the cities of my people shall be yet filled with good"; and so the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "my cities shall yet flow with good things"; with all temporal prosperity and happiness; which was fulfilled in the times of Nehemiah, Zerubbabel, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:18

Then I lifted up mine eyes ,.... To behold another vision which follows: and saw, and behold four horns ; either iron ones, such as Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made to push the Syrians with, 1 Kings 22:11 or horns of beasts, as the horns of unicorns, to which the horns of Joseph are compared, Deuteronomy 33:17 and signify kingdoms or kings, and these very powerful and mighty; and so the Targum interprets them of "four kingdoms"; and which Kimchi and Abarbinel understand of the four... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:19

And I said unto the angel that talked with me ,.... Zechariah 1:9 , What be these ? that is, who do these horns signify? and what or whom do they represent? and he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem ; which may design the distresses, vexations, and captivities of the people of Israel by their enemies, as by the Moabites, Ammonites, &c.; in the times of the judges; and the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel by Shalmaneser;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:20

And the Lord showed me four carpenters. To saw and cut in pieces the four horns; or rather "four blacksmiths" F25 חרשים "fabros ferrarios", Pembellus, Sanctius, Burkius. ; these horns were horns of iron; so the word is rendered a "smith" in 1 Samuel 13:19 and indeed it signifies both a worker in wood and a worker in iron; and who are sometimes distinguished by what they work in, whether wood or iron; see Isaiah 44:12 . The Jews say F26 T. Bab. Succa, fol. 52. 2. these four... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:21

Then said I, What come these to do ?.... That is, these four carpenters; for, being artificers or workmen, as the Targum renders the word, the prophet concluded there was some work for them to do: And he spake, saying ; meaning the angel that talked with him, and interpreted the visions to him: These are the horns which have scattered Judah ; not that the carpenters were the horns, for these two are distinct from, and opposite to, one another. The words should rather be rendered,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1

The prophet earnestly exhorts the people to repentance, that they may escape such punishments as had been inflicted on their fathers, Zechariah 1:1-6 . The vision of the horses, with the signification, Zechariah 1:7-11 . The angel of the Lord successfully intercedes in behalf of Jerusalem, Zechariah 1:12-17 . The vision of the four horns, and of the four carpenters, Zechariah 1:18-21 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:1

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius - This was Darius Hystaspes; and from this date we find that Zechariah began to prophecy just two months after Haggai. Son of Iddo - There are a number of various readings on this name, ידו Iddo , and עדוא Iddo , both in MSS. and in editions; but they are only different ways of writing the same name. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:2

The Lord hath been sore displeased with your fathers - For their ingratitude idolatry, iniquity, and general rebellion. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:2

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