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Zechariah 8:12,13

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 agricultural prosperity and national security promised in Leviticus 26:4. The remnant of this people from both the house of Judah and house of Israel will receive the peace that unfaithful Israel never had. They will be a blessing to the nations, fulfilling the Lord’s purpose for them (Genesis 12:2).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THE SEED SHALL BE PROSPEROUS— _For the seed shall be sown in peace._ Houbigant....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־זֶ֣רַע הַ שָּׁלֹ֗ום הַ גֶּ֜פֶן תִּתֵּ֤

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

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

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    PROSPEROUS: _ Heb._ of peace...

  • 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

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Zechariah 8:12 seed H2233 prosperous H7965 vine H1612 give H5414 (H8799) fruit H6529 ground H776 give H5414 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • 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

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  • 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 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

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 3:21; 1 Kings 17:1; Amos 9:13; Deuteronomy 28:4;...

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