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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Zechariah 8:22

Lord. Many were converted in the days of Esther, (viii. 17.) and the Pharisees were eager to make proselytes in all parts, when Christ preached, Matthew xxiii. 15., and Acts ii. 11. Yet we must go to the Church to see this fully accomplished. (Calmet)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 8:22. _AND STRONG NATIONS_] This may refer to the conversion of the _Mohammedan_ tribes; especially to those in the vicinity of Palestine. Perhaps even the _Egyptians_, inhabitants of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The restoration announced (Zechariah 8:1) _ 2. The peace of Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:4) 3. The return to the land (Zechariah 8:6) 4. The blessing of the land and the people ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The coming restoration and subsequent restoration of Judah, which will be so distinguished by the blessing of the Lord, that all nations will be desirous of having him for their God....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Answer. Fourth Section In coming now to a direct answer to the question, out of which the whole prophecy arose, Almighty God enumerates not only _the fast of the fifth month_to which the question...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The joyful change shall extend, in its influence, to the heathen nations of the world. Comp. Isaiah 2:2-3; Micah 4:1-2....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1250 THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILES Zechariah 8:20. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, It shall yet come to pass, that there shall, come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhab...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE SIXTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:18-23 RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. MANY PEOPLE AND STRONG NATIONS SHALL COME TO SEEK THE LORD OF HOSTS IN JERUSALEM...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REITERATION OF GOD'S PROMISES CONCERNING JERUSALEM The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3). God has com...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES ZECHARIAH _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 8 V1 Again, the word of the *LORD of Everything came (to Zechariah). (The *LORD told him) to say this. V2 ‘This is what the *LORD...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (18-23) This fourth section gives at last all that the prophet deigns to answer concerning the fast of the fifth month (Zechariah 7:3), and also concerning the other fasts. On the 9th or 17th of “the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (20-23) The language of the promises contained in these verses is evidently borrowed from Micah 4:2; Isaiah 2:2. (Comp. Isaiah 45:14.) According to the figurative language of the Old Testament, the na...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בָ֨אוּ עַמִּ֤ים רַבִּים֙ וְ גֹויִ֣ם עֲצוּמ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE NATIONS WILL SEEK THE GOD OF ISRAEL Zechariah 8:18-23; Zechariah 9:1-8 In his final answer the prophet gives a delightful picture of the future, which was on the eve of complete realization. So e...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only the...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go spee...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    But we must enquire also why he says, that the nations would come to seek God at _Jerusalem_, and there to call on him. The Jews foolishly imagine that God cannot be otherwise worshipped than by offer...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    YEA, MANY PEOPLE, AND STRONG NATIONS,.... Or, "mighty kingdoms", as the Targum renders it; even such have embraced the Gospel, and professed the Christian religion; of which there has been abundant pr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Ver. 22. _Yea, many people and strong nations, &c._] The most populous and potent p...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _It shall yet come to pass_, &c. The design of this and the three following verses is evidently to show the high degree of estimation in which Jerusalem and the Jews would _hereafter_ be held, by fore...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Yea, many people and strong nations, the foremost countries of the world, shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, to become members of His holy congregation, and to pray before the Lord, to...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE EXTENT OF THE MESSIANIC INFLUENCE...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE POSITIVE ANSWER (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question ofZechariah 7:2. The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective work to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-23 When God comes towards us in ways of mercy, we must meet him with joy and thankfulness. Therefore be faithful and honest in all your dealings; and let it be a pleasure to you to be so, though t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This verse is both confirmation and illustration to the former; there it was people, here it is many people, and mighty, or great; not the poor, and contemptible. and few, but people of a greater figu...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 8:22 many H7227 peoples H5971 strong H6099 nations H1471 come H935 (H8804) seek H1245 (H8763) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE (ZECHARIAH 8:18). Zechariah 8:18 ‘And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying, “Thus says YHWH of Hosts. The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the f...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 8:9. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of th...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 8:1. _Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury._ Because t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's unchanging purpose to restore Jerusalem and bless Israel in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah. CONCLUSION: Jerusalem, the city of God, and Israel, the people of God, have G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Zechariah 8:2. _I was jealous for Zion with great fury,_ to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun an...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord _ NATIONS MEETING FOR PRAYER A scene like this has never yet been witnessed upon the earth. The prophecy was partially fulfilled when, from the time of t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:1 God is renewing his presence with his people. He is reaffirming his purpose to bless the nations through them. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:20 This blessing extends beyond Israel to include the Gentiles: MANY PEOPLES AND STRONG NATIONS SHALL COME. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ZECHARIAH 8:20. YET] Emphatic. PEOPLE] shall be attracted to God’s house. ZECHARIAH 8:21. SAYING] Mutually appealing to one another. SPEEDILY] Lit. go, going, implying intense earnes...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 8:1 § 4. _The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace._ ZECHARIAH 8:1 AGAIN; rather, _and_. This chapter con...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now again the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the LORD; I am re...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Galatians 3:8; Haggai 2:7; Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:3;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In Jerusalem — Literally understood, you have the first fruits of them mentioned, Acts 2:10. Mystically, Jerusalem is the church of Christ. To pray — To perform all gospel — worship....

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