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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Zechariah 8:5

The streets; every street. Shall be full of boys and girls; have many young ones healthful, strong, brisk, and lively, the present joy and future hope of all; so will I fulfil the promise of multiplying your children. Playing in the streets: Jerusalem shall be in that peace, health, and plenty, that parents shall neither fear danger to their children abroad, nor need their labour at home. So shall that Psa 128 be fulfilled to them.

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See also Zechariah 8:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Zechariah 8:5. _THE STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE FULL OF BOYS AND_ _GIRLS_] The progeny shall be _numerous, healthy_, and _happy_. Their innocent gambols and useful exercises shall be a means o...

  • 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

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    We read, as a fulfilment of this prophecy, that in the days of Simon, in the times of the Maccabees, "the ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things" (1Ma 14:9); while our L...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1249 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Zechariah 8:3. Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem, shall be called a city of truth; and t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE THIRD ANSWERING STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:1-8 - RV. And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying, Thus-' saith Jehovah of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. AND THE STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYING - implying security and a numerous p...

  • 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

    (4-5) This promise may well be regarded as having been fulfilled to the letter in the days of Simon the Maccabee (1Ma. 14:4-15), when “the ancient men sat in all the streets... and the young men put o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ רְחֹבֹ֤ות הָ עִיר֙ יִמָּ֣לְא֔וּ יְלָדִ֖ים...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion. With great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord;...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE CITY AND THE CHILD_ ‘And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.’ Zechariah 8:5 According to the prophet’s interpretation of the City of God, li...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He repeats and confirms the same thing by another representation — that boys and girls would play in the streets and on the public roads, which could not be during the troublous time of war; for when...

  • 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

    AND THE STREETS OF THE CITY SHALL BE FULL OF BOYS AND GIRLS,.... Denoting a large increase of inhabitants, in a literal sense; and may spiritually signify the large numbers of converts, of new born ba...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Ver. 5. _And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls_] Lads and lasses (as the Hebrew seems...

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

    _There shall yet old men, &c., dwell in Jerusalem_ Namely, both at this time and afterward. Formerly war, or famine, or pestilence, or wasting diseases cut off men and women before they grew to old ag...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof, without any fear of an enemy. It is a beautiful picture representing the extremes of life dwelling in all se...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...

  • 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

    1-8 The sins of Zion were her worst enemies. God will take away her sins, and then no other enemies shall hurt her. Those who profess religion must adorn their profession by godliness and honesty. Wh...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 8:5 streets H7339 city H5892 full H4390 (H8735) boys H3206 girls H3207 Playing H7832 (H8764) streets...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD DECLARES HIS PURPOSES FOR HIS PEOPLE WITH PROMISES OF GREAT BLESSING (ZECHARIAH 8:1). God now makes a number of declarations through Zechariah in respect of His people. · Firstly, ‘I am jealous...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Zechariah 8:5 I. Learn from the text that God thinks about boys and girls, and notices what they do. II. Learn that God allows boys and girls to play. (1) Play suits the age of boys and girls. (2) Pl...

  • 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

    _Old men and old women,.. .boys and girls _ INHABITANTS OF THE HOLY CITY What a lovely civic picture, what a charming representation! Dear old travellers, sweet old mothers, each with a staff in han...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem _ THE BLESSED COMMUNITY OF MEN YET TO APPEAR ON THE EARTH I. Here is a community specially interesting to the great God. “Again the...

  • 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 Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] The fate of their fathers urged them to obedience, now the promise of future prosperity. ZECHARIAH 8:2. JEALOUS] Implying warmth of love and zeal. FURY] Indignation to enemies. ZECHA...

  • 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

    Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 30:20; Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 33:11;...

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