Zechariah 8:2

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 8:1-6

Zechariah 8:1-6I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem The blessed community of men yet to appear on the earthI.Here is a community specially interesting to the great God. “Again the Word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.” The rendering of Dr. Henderson is worth citation: “And the word of Jehovah was communicated to me, saying: Thus saith Jehovah... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:2

Zec 8:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Ver. 2. I was jealous for Zion ] See Trapp on " Zec 1:14 " Jealous as a husband, zealous as a loving father; for, Non amat qui non zelat, He does not love who does not ardently low, saith Augustine; and a father being rebuked by some for his exceeding forwardness for his friend, answered, Ego aliter amare non didici, I know not how to love any otherwise than... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Zechariah 8:2

I was jealous: Zechariah 1:14-Nehemiah :, Psalms 78:58, Psalms 78:59, Isaiah 42:13, Isaiah 42:14, Isaiah 59:17, Isaiah 63:4-Joshua :, Isaiah 63:15, Ezekiel 36:5, Ezekiel 36:6, Joel 2:18, Nahum 1:2, Nahum 1:6 Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:3 - General Ezekiel 39:25 - and will Zechariah 1:13 - with good read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 8:2

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.Jealousy — With great care that she should not, as formerly, sin against my love, and her own welfare, and with a great desire to do her good, and to rescue her from her enemies.Fury — With heat of anger against her enemies. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:1-3

Imminence of the day of redemption, Zechariah 8:1-8. The introductory formula of Zechariah 8:1, does not mark the beginning of a new discourse; it introduces only a new line of thought in the prophecy which begins in Zechariah 7:4. In Zechariah 7:6 ff., the prophet dwells upon the past; in Zechariah 8:1, he turns to the present and from the present outlook he draws a new argument, to show that the observance of the solemn fasts is not essential. In chapter vii he sets forth that in the past... 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