撒迦利亞書 8:4-6 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:6-7

Zechariah 8:6-7. If it be marvellous If these things promised appear difficult, and in a manner impossible; in the eyes of the remnant of this people In the judgment and opinion, or rather to the unbelief, of this people, who are few in number, exceedingly poor, and perpetually surrounded with dangers; in these days Which are days of small things; should it also be marvellous in mine eyes Impossible, or so much as difficult to me, who am the Almighty God. Thus saith the Lord of hosts... 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 8:4

yet. In the days of the future fulfilment. dwell = sit. streets = broad or open places. every man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . for very age = for multitude of days. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:6

the remnant. The exiles who had then returned. Compare Haggai 1:12 , Haggai 1:14 . should it also be marvellous , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 18:14 , where the verb is the same). App-92 . Mine eyes. Add by Figure of speech Ellipsis ( App-6 ), from preceding clause: "[in those future days]" of which He was speaking. saith the LORD of hosts = [is] the oracle of Jehovah of hosts. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:4

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age."It may readily be supposed that there was a measure of fulfillment of this promise in the interval between Zechariah and our Lord Jesus Christ; but whatever fulfillment occurred, it does not exhaust the meaning, nor deny the Messianic import of the passage. As Keil said:"From Isaiah 65:20, we see that extreme old age also belongs to the times... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:5

"And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof."This verse actually is a continuation of the thought in Zechariah 8:4. What is pictured is a city of safety where people are secure in possessions and person. This marvelous ideal has seldom been achieved anywhere on earth, especially in any great city; and wherever it ever existed even in a token degree, it was an ephemeral and vanishing condition. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:6

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts."There are ten of these brief statements in this chapter, each one introduced by an affirmation that the promise is of God and not of Zechariah. They begin in Zechariah 8:2,3,4,6,7,9,14,19,20,23.The subject here is the marvelous fact that a remnant of the people of God have been brought back home, an event unique in human... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:6

Zechariah 8:6. If it be marvellous— Difficult. Houbigant. It might seem difficult and marvellous to the Jews of those times, that Jerusalem should be called a city of truth, and that it should be full of old men and children, as if some great and extraordinary period was about to begin; therefore, lest the Jews should interpret this as spoken of their own times, it is immediately subjoined, Zechariah 8:7. I will save my people from the east and from the west, to give them to understand that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:4

4. So tranquil and prosperous shall the nation be that wars shall no longer prematurely cut off the people: men and women shall reach advanced ages. The promise of long life was esteemed one of the greatest blessings in the Jewish theocracy with its temporal rewards of obedience (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 4:40). Hence this is a leading feature in millennial blessedness (Isaiah 65:20; Isaiah 65:22). for very age—literally, "for multitude of days." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:5

5. boys and girls playing—implying security and a numerous progeny, accounted a leading blessing among the Jews. Contrast Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:21. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:6-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Zechariah 8:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:5

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