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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:9-17

The Restoration of God’s People Is At Hand (Zechariah 8:9-17 ). God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking it, but He wants them to know that He is now giving them another chance. The foundations of His house have been laid, and the Temple will now be rebuilt. Zechariah 8:9-11 ‘Thus says YHWH of Hosts, “Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days from the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day when the foundation of the house of YHWH of Hosts was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:1-18

Zechariah 8:4 f. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympathetic touch, “ playing in the streets thereof,” is one of the very few indications in the OT of a love for children as such. Zechariah 8:7 . with its refer. ence to the east and west looks like a later prophecy of the return from the Dispersion, Zechariah 8:10 . is in agreement with Haggai 1:6;... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:11

But now; since this people go about building the temple and restoring my worship with some cheerfulness. I will not be unto the residue of this people: God changeth not, his not being what he was to this people is a change of his providence and his dealings with them. Our affairs will be to us as God is to us. As in the former days: see Zechariah 8:10. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:12

For the seed, which before brought nothing, or very little, forth, shall now prosper into a plentiful harvest, such as Malachi 3:10. The vine shall give her fruit: this was very much the wealth and support of that people; this had been blasted, as Haggai 1:11, now it shall be blest, and bring forth her expected fruit. The ground shall give her increase; summarily, the ground you plant shall abundantly bring forth her fruit to your satisfaction. The heavens shall give their dew; the heavens,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Zechariah 8:9-15

CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 8:9.] Adversity followed neglect of duty, now blessings promised to create courage. Hands] With such bright prospects be energetic and active (2 Samuel 16:21). These words] of consolation and encouragement from Haggai and Zechariah. Zechariah 8:10.] A reason for courage in work. No hire] The labour of man and beast little or nothing; agricultural results meagre (cf. Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:9-11; Haggai 2:16-19). Neither peace] None free from the enemy in the ordinary... read more

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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Zechariah 8:11-12

Zechariah 8:11-12But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days The danger of resistance to the Divine messagesIt is a decisive evidence of sound wisdom to profit by the faults, the errors, and the calamities of other men.Two sources from whence we ordinarily obtain knowledge and caution. The first is, our own experience, by which we too frequently buy knowledge at a very high cost. The second is, the experience of those who have lived before us; and this knowledge... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:11

Zec 8:11 But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 11. But now I will not be unto the residue, &c. ] Now that the temple is well nigh perfected, and so the cause of my displeasure removed; the matter you see is already well amended, and shall be yet better; for there is a series, a concatenation of God’s mercies, like the links in a chain, every former draws on a future, if we break not the chain by our unthankfulness.... read more

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