Verse 1
1. The title.
Eighth month Called before the exile Bul (1 Kings 6:38); after the exile, by the Babylonian name Marcheshvan. It corresponds to the latter part of October and the early part of November.
Second year of Darius See on Haggai 1:1. Zechariah delivered his first message about two months after Haggai’s first appearance. The day of the month is not given; some have thought that it has dropped out accidentally, which may be possible; but it is by no means certain that it was there originally.
Zechariah See Introduction, p. 571.
Son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo See Introduction, p. 571 (compare Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14).
The prophet Refers to Zechariah, not to Iddo. CALL TO REPENTANCE, 2-6.
In these verses Zechariah urges his contemporaries to return to Jehovah, in order that they may enjoy once more the divine favor. He reinforces this exhortation by an appeal to the experiences of their ancestors, who suffered severe punishments because they disregarded the teaching of the prophets. The disobedience of the present generation may be followed by a similar catastrophe.
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