Zechariah 8:3-12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Zechariah 8:12

"For there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things."God would indeed richly bless Israel, enabling them to prosper in every degree necessary to make possible the appearance, in time, of the Son of God. No evil of any kind whatever would be allowed to interfere with that."And I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:3

Zechariah 8:3. A city of truth— A faithful city; a spouse without reproach. "She shall be no longer an abandoned, debauched, and prostituted city; no more shall be seen in Jerusalem the worship of strange gods; the true God alone shall be known and worshipped there!" We see a shadow of this prophesy in Judaea after the return from the captivity; but this faithful city, in the strictness of the letter, is no other than the church of Jesus Christ;—that chaste and faithful spouse. See Eph 5:27 and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:6

Zechariah 8:6. If it be marvellous— Difficult. Houbigant. It might seem difficult and marvellous to the Jews of those times, that Jerusalem should be called a city of truth, and that it should be full of old men and children, as if some great and extraordinary period was about to begin; therefore, lest the Jews should interpret this as spoken of their own times, it is immediately subjoined, Zechariah 8:7. I will save my people from the east and from the west, to give them to understand that... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:8

Zechariah 8:8. And I will bring them— A most respectable Hebrew manuscript and the Arabic version add into their land. And I will bring them into their land, And they shall dwell in Jerusalem, &c. Archbishop Newcome. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:9

Zechariah 8:9. The prophets, which were, &c.— Who spake, &c. The day of the foundation was about two years before, as this discourse of the prophet was in the fourth year of the prophet. It was at this time that the Lord began to raise up the prophets, and to give gracious promises to his people: till that period he had not wholly taken his correcting hand from them; nothing succeeded with them; the labour of man and of beards were alike useless. See Zec 8:10 and compare Haggai 2:16-17. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Zechariah 8:12

Zechariah 8:12. For the seed shall be prosperous— For the seed shall be sown in peace. Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:3

3. I am returned—that is, I am determined to return. My decree to that effect is gone forth. Jerusalem . . . city of truth—that is, faithful to her God, who is the God of truth (Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 1:26; John 17:17). Never yet fully fulfilled, therefore still to be so. the mountain of the Lord— (Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3). holy mountain— (Isaiah 2:3- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:4

4. So tranquil and prosperous shall the nation be that wars shall no longer prematurely cut off the people: men and women shall reach advanced ages. The promise of long life was esteemed one of the greatest blessings in the Jewish theocracy with its temporal rewards of obedience (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 4:40). Hence this is a leading feature in millennial blessedness (Isaiah 65:20; Isaiah 65:22). for very age—literally, "for multitude of days." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:5

5. boys and girls playing—implying security and a numerous progeny, accounted a leading blessing among the Jews. Contrast Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:21. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Zechariah 8:6

6. However impossible these things just promised by Me seem to you, they are not so with God. The "remnant" that had returned from the captivity, beholding the city desolate and the walls and houses in ruins, could hardly believe what God promised. The expression "remnant" glances at their ingratitude in rating so low God's power, though they had experienced it so "marvellously" displayed in their restoration. A great source of unbelief is, men "limit" God's power by their own (Psalms 78:19;... read more

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