Zechariah 1:10

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-21

THE SECOND VISION: THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS{Zechariah 2:1-4}The Second Vision supplies what is lacking in the First, the destruction of the tyrants who have oppressed Israel. The prophet sees four horns, which, he is told by his interpreting angel, are the powers that have scattered Judah. The many attempts to identify these with four heathen nations are ingenious but futile. "Four horns were seen as representing the totality of Israel’s enemies-her enemies from all quarters." And to... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Zechariah 1:1-21

Analysis and Annotations 1. THE NIGHT VISIONS CHAPTER 1 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1-6 ) 2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7-17 ) 3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18-21 ) Zechariah 1:1-6 . The first utterance of Zechariah concerns the past. “The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.” They were a disobedient, stiff-necked people. The pre-exilic prophets had called them to repentance, but they did not hearken. Then he gives the message to turn to the Lord,... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:1-21

God's Call to Return to Him (vv. 1-6) Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed time"). Israel had long been in a depressed state. It seemed as though God had forgotten them, but He remembers, and in His own appointed time He returns to them in blessing. But the measure of revival and blessing in Zechariah's day was very limited, and Israel lapsed again into a depressed condition that was still seen... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-21

THE PROPHET ’S OWN TIME Zechariah, like Haggai, had a twofold mission, to strengthen the hands of Israel for the rebuilding of the temple, and to quicken their hope as the earlier prophets had done, by painting in glowing colors the coming time of triumph over every foe. This mission is set before us in a two-fold division of the book. Chapters 1-8 give us a series of prophetic visions bearing primarily, upon the prophet’s own time, while chapters 9-14 deal chiefly with the events... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Zechariah 1:1-21

The Spiritual Jerusalem Zechariah 2:0 The prophet Zechariah is so apocalyptic in his way of seeing everything, and stating what he does see, that it is next to impossible to give a final literal interpretation of his prophecy. His book in the Old Testament takes some such place as the revelation of John the Divine in the New Testament It should always be remembered that apocalyptic writing cannot be literally interpreted, and therefore readers should be very careful how they build large and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Zechariah 1:7-17

"Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, (8) I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. (9) Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:10

These are they, &c. The guardian angels of provinces and nations. (Challoner) --- The Jews believed that each nation had such an angel, who had to give an account to one in higher authority. God proportions his revelation to their ideas. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 1:7-17

7-17 The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady myrtle-grove. Though the church was in a low condition, Christ was present in the midst, ready to appear for the relief of his people. Behind him were angels ready to be employed by him, some in acts of judgment, others of mercy, others in mixed events. Would we know something of the mysteries of the... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Zechariah 1:1-99

Zech 1 AS WE COMMENCE to read Zechariah we note that, just as with Haggai, definite dates are given for the messages that God gave through him; and the first verse reveals that his first message Zech 1.2-1.6 was uttered between Haggai's word of encouragement, in the early part of his second chapter, and the word of warning, recorded later in that chapter. We think we may term Zechariah's first message, a word of exhortation. We may wonder perhaps, why such a word at that juncture was needed?... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Zechariah 1:7-17

The Vision of the Horses Among the Myrtle Trees v. 7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which Is the month Sebat, five months after the building of the Temple had been resumed, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, v. 8. I saw by night, in a night vision, some time between six o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, the... read more

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