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Verse Zechariah 8:12. _FOR THE SEED_ SHALL BE _PROSPEROUS_] Ye shall
be a holy and peaceable people; and God will pour down his blessing on
yourselves, your fields, and your vineyards....
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FOR THE SEED SHALL BE PEACE - o“Your seed shall be peace and a
blessing, so that they will call it ‘a seed of peace.’” The
unusual construction is perhaps adopted, in order to suggest a further
meanin...
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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 ...
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ZECHARIAH 8:4 F. A beautiful description of the result of the
restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem
had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympathetic...
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THE SEED SHALL BE, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:3). App-92.
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndefon_ (App-6). combined with
Figure of speech _Anabasis_ (App-6),
GROUND. earth.
SHALL GI...
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_the seed shall be prosperous_ Lit. THE SEED OF PEACE (THERE SHALL
BE). This gives a very good sense, when we remember that the Hebrew
words here used have a wide meaning. _Seed_is not only that which...
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These verses, introduced by the phrase, _Thus saith the Lord of
hosts_, and beginning and ending with the same words, _Let your hands
be strong_, form one continuous exhortation to persevere in rebuil...
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FOR THE SEED SHALL BE PROSPEROUS— _For the seed shall be sown in
peace._ Houbigant....
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THE FOURTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:9-13
RV. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that
hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that
were in the day that the fo...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear
in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in
the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of host...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THE SEED... PROSPEROUS. — Comp. the Syriac, “for the seed
shall be peace.” Better, as in margin, _For the seed of peace_ —
viz., “the vine,” which is so called because it can flourish only
in time...
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כִּֽי ־זֶ֣רַע הַ שָּׁלֹ֗ום הַ גֶּ֜פֶן
תִּתֵּ֤
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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...
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TRUTH AND LOVE MUST PREVAIL
Zechariah 8:1-17
In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the
chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men
and women who wer...
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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...
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear
in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in
the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts...
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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...
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Here Zechariah promises the continuance of God’s favor, which the
Jews had now begun to taste. God then had in part openly showed that
he was a Father to the Jews, by dealing liberally with them: but...
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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...
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FOR THE SEED [SHALL BE] PROSPEROUS,.... Being cast into the earth, it
shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas before,
though they sowed much, it came to little, Haggai 1:6:
THE V...
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For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and
the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their
dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess...
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_But now I will not be as in the former days_ But now, seeing that ye
have proceeded in rebuilding my temple, I will order, by my divine
providence, that things shall happen otherwise to you than they...
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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...
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PROSPEROUS:
_ Heb._ of peace...
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9-17 Those only who lay their hands to the plough of duty, shall have
them strengthened with the promises of mercy: those who avoid their
fathers' faults have the curse turned into a blessing. Those...
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FOR THE SEED, which before brought nothing, or very little, forth,
shall now prosper into a plentiful harvest, such as ZECHARIAH 3:10.
THE VINE SHALL GIVE HER FRUIT: this was very much the wealth and...
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Zechariah 8:12 seed H2233 prosperous H7965 vine H1612 give H5414
(H8799) fruit H6529 ground H776 give H5414 ...
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THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE IS AT HAND (ZECHARIAH 8:9).
God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking
it, but He wants them to know that He is now giving them another
cha...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the
former days _
THE DANGER OF RESISTANCE TO THE DIVINE MESSAGES
It is a decisive evidence of sound wisdom to profit by the faults, the...
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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.
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 8:12 With the temple reestablished, the
Lord’s attitude toward his people changes. The temple’s
reconstruction results in a SOWING OF PEACE, which is the blessings of
agric...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 8:9.] Adversity followed neglect of duty, now blessings
promised to create courage. HANDS] With such bright prospects be
energetic and active (2 Samuel 16:21). THESE WORDS]...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Kings 17:1; Amos 9:13; Deuteronomy 28:4;...