撒迦利亞書 8:9-10 RCUVTS

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 8:10

For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.Before these days — For eighteen years together.No hire — No profit by the labour of man or beast, no sowing or planting.Affliction — Distress, and want, through the barrenness, which attended all their labour. 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 8:9

9. The promises already uttered should be an inspiration. Let your hands be strong Equivalent to be of good courage; and, being of good courage, they should undertake their tasks fearlessly (Haggai 2:4; compare Judges 7:11; Ezekiel 22:14). Primarily an exhortation to continue energetically the building of the temple, but also in a more general sense an admonition to face bravely all the difficulties of the present and future. These words Of promise, found in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:10-15

10. Another ground for being of good courage may be found in the improvement in conditions which has taken place since the people began in earnest the rebuilding of the temple. How different is the present from the past. Before these days Better, R.V., “those.” Before the resumption of building operations. No hire for man,… for beast No returns were had from labors expended in the cultivation of the soil; there was not enough grown for fodder. To him that went out or came in In... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Zechariah 8:10

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

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Zechariah 8:10-15

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