So shall. It seems the past time would be preferable; as Theodoret, St. Cyril, &c., understand it. (Calmet) --- Yet the Jews, whom the prophet addressed, were also reprehensible; and they or their posterity felt the effects of God's indignation, when he scattered them throughout the world, as we see at present. Septuagint have the future; but Protestants the past tense, "they cried," &c. (Haydock)
AND IT CAME TO PASS - that is, this which God had said, “As He cried and they heard not, so shall they cry and I will not hear, saith the Lord of hosts.” God had often said this. “It shall be too late...
II. QUESTIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN FASTS CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The question (Zechariah 7:1) _ 2. The reproof (Zechariah 7:4) 3. The lessons of the past (Zechariah 7:8)...
ZECHARIAH 7:8 is probably an amplification of the original address by a later hand and likewise Zechariah 8:1. Both are much like Zechariah 1:2....
THE SECOND ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 7:8-14 RV. And the word of Jehovah came unto Zechariah, saying, Thus hath Jehovah of hosts spoken, saying, Execute true judgement, and show kindness and compa...
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: THEREFORE IT IS COME TO PASS, THAT AS HE CRIED - by His proph...
WARNINGS FROM THE PAST Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the series of visions described above, viz....
GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 7 V1 The word of the *LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the 9th month (called) Kislev. This happened in the fourth year...
(8-14) The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the opposite course, and therefore God, in accordance with Deute...
THEREFORE IT IS COME TO PASS. — LXX., wrongly, καὶ ἔσται, the consequence of which mistake is that the following verbs are also put incorrectly in the future. (For the phraseology comp. Micah 3:4; Jer...
וַ יְהִ֥י כַ אֲשֶׁר ־קָרָ֖א וְ לֹ֣א
Zechariah 8:1 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 8:1 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before God, the revival of...
THE PENALTY OF INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' lines; of...
The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity for observing certain fasts. The history of these...
And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: 10 And oppress not the w...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
The Prophet sets forth more fully the dreadfulness of this punishment — that they in vain groaned and complained, for God was deaf to their complaints and cryings. When God in some measure fulminates...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, 9, AND 10. The prophecy, from chapter 7 to the end of the book, has for its special object the introduction of the Messiah in Israel, with the consequen...
THEREFORE IT IS COME TO PASS, [THAT] AS HE CRIED,.... The Lord by the former prophets called them to repentance and obedience: AND THEY WOULD NOT HEAR; his words, nor obey his voice: SO THEY CRIED:...
Therefore it is come to pass, [that] as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: Ver. 13. _Therefore it is come to pass_] By a most just and eq...
_Therefore_ On this very account; _as he cried_ As I, by my Spirit in my prophets, called, warned, entreated, and urged them to repent, obey, and live, but they would not; _so they cried_ In their dee...
AN APPEAL TO THE PAST...
A QUESTION ANSWERED NEGATIVELY (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius (Zechariah 1:1). It is tw...
8-14 God's judgements upon Israel of old for their sins, were written to warn Christians. The duties required are, not keeping fasts and offering sacrifices, but doing justly and loving mercy, which...
THEREFORE IT IS COME TO PASS; this is the very cause, and it is just too. AS HE CRIED; my Spirit by the prophets called, warned, entreated, and urged them to repent, obey, and live, but they would not...
Zechariah 7:13 proclaimed H7121 (H8804) hear H8085 (H8804) called H7121 (H8799) listen H8085 (H8799) says...
FURTHER PROPHECIES OF ZECHARIAH (ZECHARIAH 7:1 TO ZECHARIAH 8:23) These prophecies occur approximately two years after the previous ones demonstrating that Zechariah's ministry continued. It would ap...
GOD CALLS THE PEOPLE TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING RATHER THAN RELIGIOUS ZEAL AND WARNS OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSAL (ZECHARIAH 7:8). What Zechariah is saying is now expressed in more depth. Zechariah 7:8 ‘...
Zechariah 7:1. _And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;_ God's prophets were not al...
CONTENTS: The mission from Babylon, and Jehovah's answer to the question of fasts. Why prayer was not answered. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Darius, Zechariah, Sherezer, Regemmelich. CONCLUSION: Wh...
Zechariah 7:1. _In the fourth year of Darius_ Hystaspes, _in the ninth month,_ the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquire i...
_I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts _ GOD REFUSING TO HEAR PRAYER I. The negligence of men. 1. They do not hear the dispensations of God in His providence. 2. They do not hear the invitatio...
ZECHARIAH 7:1 From Fasts to Feasts. This section mentions fasts that commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem, which will be transformed into feasts celebrating its renewal. The renewal gives the peop...
CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 7:8.] God requires obedience, not formal fastings. The disobedience of the fathers brought judgment upon the nation. ZECHARIAH 7:9. EXECUTE] Admonitions which have special r...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-8:23 Part II. THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS. ZECHARIAH 7:1 § 1. A deputation comes fr
Now some men came to Zechariah with a question. While they were in Babylon they had been observing a couple of days of fasting. The day... they commemorated the day that the temple was destroyed by th...
Ezekiel 14:3; Ezekiel 20:3; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 50:2; James 4:3;...