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BE YE NOT LIKE YOUR FATHERS - Strangely infectious is the precedent of
ill. Tradition of good, of truth, of faith, is decried; only tradition
of ill and error are adhered to. The sin of Jeroboam was h...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
1. THE NIGHT VISIONS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _
2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7)
3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
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This rebuke (see above, p. 575) seems inconsistent with a date five
weeks or more after work had been begun at the Temple and at least ten
days after the prophecy in Haggai 2:1. The clumsy handiwork o...
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THE FORMER PROPHETS: i.e. Joshua to. Kings. See App-1 and App-78.
EVIL. wicked. Hebrew. _raa_ `. App-44.
SAITH. hath said.
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle....
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The call to Repentance. Zechariah's first message is one of warning,
by the example of their fathers and the earlier prophets. On their
fathers, as they well knew, the displeasure of Almighty God had...
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_the former prophets have cried_ Rather, CRIED, as R.V. The reference
is not to any one particular prophet or prophets, in whose writings
words similar to these may be found; but to the whole body of...
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DISCOURSE: 1237
AN EXHORTATION TO TURN TO GOD
Zechariah 1:3. Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Turn
ye unto me, saith the Lord of Hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith
the Lord of Hos...
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CHAPTER XXVI
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I
Zechariah 1:1-6
RV. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word
of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the
proph...
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Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried,
saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways,
and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor heark...
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LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIONS
1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance.
8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the
affairs of the...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And
these events did happen.’
(Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
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(1-6) On the four-and-twentieth day of the sixth mouth of the second
year (B.C. 520) of Darius Hystaspis, the re-building of the Temple had
been resumed (Haggai 1:15); and in the seventh month, on the...
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THE FORMER PROPHETS — viz., those who prophesied when Jerusalem was
inhabited and in prosperity (Zechariah 7:7), before the captivity.
LXX., οἱ πατέρες ἔμπροσθεν [to whom] the prophets
before [enjoine...
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אַל ־תִּהְי֣וּ כַ אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֡ם
אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָרְאֽוּ...
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ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET
Zechariah 1:1; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14
ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished
from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the student.
This...
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A VISION OF PARDON AND RESTORATION
Zechariah 1:1-17
Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on
the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain,
and th...
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About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had
encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the
memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He
ga...
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"The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. (3) Therefore
say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me,
saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LOR...
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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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In order to correct and to subdue the obstinacy of the people, he here
upbraids them with having descended from wicked and perverse parents.
The Jews, we know, too much flattered themselves; and we kn...
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The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs
that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the
word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
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BE YE NOT AS YOUR FATHERS,.... Who lived before the captivity, and
misused the prophets and messengers of the Lord, and despised his
word, and fell into gross idolatry; the evil examples of parents an...
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Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried,
saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways,
and [from] your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hear...
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_Therefore say_ Rather, _but say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord,
Turn ye unto me_ The word _turn_, as it related to the people,
signified that they should change their corrupt manners and turn to...
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Be ye not as your fathers, those before the exile, UNTO WHOM THE
FORMER PROPHETS HAVE CRIED, SAYING, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, TURN
YE NOW FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS AND FROM YOUR EVIL DOINGS, this being...
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A CALL TO REPENTANCE...
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GOD'S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
(vv. 1-6)
Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of
Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed
time"). Israel had long been...
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1-6 God's almighty power and sovereign dominion, should engage and
encourage sinners to repent and turn to Him. It is very desirable to
have the Lord of hosts for our friend, and very dreadful to hav...
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BE YE; you who have seen the sorrows of a long captivity, who are
wonderfully brought back, who are under the teachings of rod and
staff. THE FORMER PROPHETS; all the former prophets, 2 CHRONICLES
36:...
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Zechariah 1:4 fathers H1 former H7223 prophets H5030 preached H7121
(H8804) saying H559 (H8800) says H559 ...
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GOD'S CALL TO THE PEOPLE TO RETURN TO HIM AND LIVE IN OBEDIENCE TO HIS
DEMANDS - THE OFFER OF A NEW BEGINNING (ZECHARIAH 1:1).
Zechariah is the prophet of the new beginning, but as is always so
with...
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CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's
dispreasure with the nations.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah.
CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were
un...
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Zechariah 1:1. _Zechariah;_ that is, the memory of God; a name which
might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in
Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in concer...
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_Turn ye unto Me. .. and I will turn unto you._
THE DIVINE ORDER OF ALL TRUE PROGRESS
The first step is at all times to turn to the Lord; the second
follows, “turn you now from your evil ways, and fr...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s
sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of
restoration ...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 1:2. SORE] Lit. displeased with displeasure, wrath not
common, whose greatness is given as a ground for their return.
ZECHARIAH 1:3. THEREFORE] Lit. and thou sayest, or mus...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-6:15
Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS, AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION.
ZECHARIAH 1:1
§ 1. _Title of the book, and author. _THE EIGHTH MONTH. This was
called Bul before the Captivit
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Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah
beginning with chapter 1.
Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week,
Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
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THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES
Zechariah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen
people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...