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
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