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Zechariah 8:11

now I will not be Rather, now (in this period since ye began to build) I am not. My attitude towards you is already changed.

the residue Rather, the remnant, as in Zechariah 8:12, i.e. the returned captives. See Haggai 1:12, and note.

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See also Zechariah 8:11 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND NOW - The words imply a contrast of God’s dealings, rather than a contrast of time. “I am not to the remnant of this people.” He had said, “I will be to them God;” so now He does not say that He w...

  • 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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOW. In contrast with the former days....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֗ה לֹ֣א כַ † יָּמִ֤ים הָ...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    He afterwards adds, _But now, not according to former days, shall I be to the remnant of this people, saith Jehovah of hosts_. Zechariah now reminds them that things had changed for the better, as it...

  • 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

    BUT NOW I [WILL] NOT [BE] UNTO THE RESIDUE OF THIS PEOPLE,.... The remnant brought out of captivity, settled in the land, and now rebuilding the temple: AS IN THE FORMER DAYS, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 11. _But now I will not be unto the residue, &c._] Now that the temple is well nigh perf...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But now, since the old covenant relation was restored, I WILL NOT BE UNTO THE RESIDUE OF THIS PEOPLE, to the small congregation which had returned from Babylon, AS IN THE FORMER DAYS, SAITH THE LORD O...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BUT NOW; since this people go about building the temple and restoring my worship with some cheerfulness. I WILL NOT BE UNTO THE RESIDUE OF THIS PEOPLE: God changeth not, his not being what he was to t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 8:11 remnant H7611 people H5971 former H7223 days H3117 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 hosts H6635...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    RESIDUE Or, remnant....

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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.] 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]...

  • 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

    Haggai 2:19; Isaiah 11:13; Isaiah 12:1; Malachi 3:9; Psalms 103:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I will not be — That is, I will not deal with them as in former days....

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