ゼカリヤ書 7:11-14 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:14

I scattered them; I will scatter them. What had happened in the past is a sign of what shall befall them in the future in punishment of like obduracy. The form of the sentence denotes that God is recounting what he had said to the people in past time; hence it is best to translate the verbs in the future tense. Scattered them with a whirlwind; Septuagint, ἐκβαλῶ αὐτούς , "I will cast them out;" Vulgate, dispersi eos (comp. Job 27:21 ; Amos 1:14 ). Nations whom they knew... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:11

But they gave a backsliding shoulder - Like a restive animal, which would not endure the yoke, dull and stupid as the beasts: as Hosea says, “Israel slideth back like a backsliding heifer” Hosea 4:16. Nehemiah confesses the same; “they gave a backsliding shoulder and hardened their neck and would not hear” Nehemiah 9:29.And made heavy their ears - Fulfilling in themselves what God foretold to Isaiah would be the result of his preaching, “make their ears heavy.” The heart, which will not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:12

Harder than adamant - The stone, whatever it be, was hard enough to cut ineffaceable characters : it was harder than flint . It would cut rocks; it could not be graven itself, or receive the characters of God.This is the last sin, obduracy, persevering impenitence, which “resisted the Holy Spirit” Acts 7:51. and “did despite to the Spirit of grace” Hebrews 10:29. Not through infirmity, but of set purpose, they hardened themselves, lest “they should convert” Isaiah 6:10 and be healed. They... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:13

And it came to pass - that is, this which God had said, “As He cried and they heard not, so shall they cry and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.” God had often said this. “It shall be too late to cry for mercy, when it is the time of justice.” So Wisdom had said by Solomon; “then, that is, when distress and anguish cometh upon them, they shall call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, and they shall not find Me” Proverbs 1:27-28. So by Isaiah, “When ye spread forth... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:14

But I scattered them - Rather, “And I will scatter them.” The saying continues what God had said that he had said, and which had come to pass. Among all nations whom they knew not. So God had repeatedly said by Jeremiah, “I will cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, ye nor your fathers; where I will not show you favor” (Jeremiah 16:13; add Jeremiah 15:14; Jeremiah 17:4). This was the aggravation of the original woe in the law: “The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:9-12

Zechariah 7:9-12. Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts Or did speak, that is, to your fathers, and thus he speaks to you now; Execute true judgment I often put your fathers in mind that judgment and mercy were more acceptable to me than fasting, or any external performances; (see the margin;) and I repeat the same admonition to you of the present age. And let none of you imagine evil against his brother, &c. Neither think ill of, nor wish ill to, nor plot evil against one another. But... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:13-14

Zechariah 7:13-14. Therefore On this very account; as he cried As I, by my Spirit in my prophets, called, warned, entreated, and urged them to repent, obey, and live, but they would not; so they cried In their deep distress, and amidst their overwhelming calamities; and I would not hear Would not answer, or regard their prayer. But I scattered them Cast them out of their habitations, and dispersed them through distant countries; with a whirlwind Suddenly and irresistibly; among... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

7:1-8:23 A QUESTION ABOUT CERTAIN FASTSMourning over the past (7:1-14)In captivity the Jews had instituted four fasts to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. One fast was in the tenth month, which was the month the Babylonians laid siege to the city. One was in the fourth month, to mark the day eighteen months later when the Babylonians broke through the walls and invaded the city. Another was in the fifth month, to mark the destruction of the temple. The other was in the seventh month, to mark... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:11

But they. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "and ye", showing the Figure of speech Polysyndetion ( App-6 ). refused, &c . Compare Zechariah 1:4 .Jeremiah 6:10 , Jeremiah 6:17 , Jeremiah 6:19 , &c. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) for emphasis. pulled away, &c. Turning aside from the one who speaks. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:12

the law. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:0 , &c.), App-92 . in = by. Hebrew. ruach . App-9 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Zechariah 7:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 7:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:9-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 7:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 7:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 7:12

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