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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:1-23

Chapter 8Now again the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called A city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, The holy mountain ( Zechariah 8:1-3 ).So this is a promise of the future age when God will return, when Jesus comes and establishes His kingdom... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Zechariah 8:1-23

Zechariah 8:2 . I was jealous for Zion with great fury, to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun and destroyed by the Chaldeans, were made like her the equal heirs of grace? Zechariah 8:3 . Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Zion, and will dwell in Jerusalem a city of truth, the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. To this day, Jerusalem is called the holy city in all the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:18

Zec 8:18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, Ver. 18. And the word ] See Trapp on " Zec 8:1 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 8:18

Reciprocal: Zechariah 8:9 - Let Acts 2:5 - were 1 Peter 1:11 - the glory read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:1-23

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF MORAL AND CEREMONIAL REQUIREMENTS, Zechariah 7:1 to Zechariah 8:23. After a silence of nearly two years the voice of Zechariah was heard again. In the fourth year of Darius a deputation came to the prophet inquiring whether the observance of the fasts instituted to commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem was still obligatory (Zechariah 7:1-3). This question would suggest itself to many as the temple neared completion, and as the seventy years since the destruction of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:18-23

Zechariah 8:18 is identical with Zechariah 8:1. 19. The fast of the fourth month The fast kept in commemoration of the capture of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar on the ninth day of the fourth month (Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:7). Fifth… seventh See on Zechariah 7:4. Tenth A fast held to commemorate the beginning of the siege on the tenth day of the tenth month (Jeremiah 39:1; 2 Kings 25:1). Joy… gladness,… cheerful feasts The seasons commemorating the darkest events of Jewish history... read more

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