Zechariah 8:3 - Exposition

I am returned ( Zechariah 1:16 ); I return. When Jerusalem was taken and given over to the enemy, God seemed to have deserted her ( Ezekiel 10:18 ; Ezekiel 11:23 ); but new the restoration of the exiles, the rebuilding of the temple, the voice of prophecy, showed that the Lord had returned, and that new he will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem ( Zechariah 2:10 ). A city of truth; city of truth; no longer full of lies and treachery and infidelity. God dwelling therein, it shall be "the faithful city" ( Isaiah 1:26 ), in which all that is true and real shall flourish (comp. Zechariah 8:16 ; Zephaniah 3:13 ). The holy mountain. The hill whereon the temple is built shall be called the holy mountain, because the Lord dwelt in the sanctuary. The prophecy in this and the following verses received a partial fulfilment in the days between Zerubbabel and Christ; but there is a further accomplishment in store.