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Verse Zechariah 8:7. _I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND
FROM_ _THE WEST_] From every land in which any of them may be found.
But these promises principally regard the Christian Church,...
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I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY AND FROM THE WEST COUNTRY
- Dionysius: “that is, the whole world; for Israel had been
scattered in every part of the world.” God had said to Israel, “I
will...
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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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BEHOLD,. WILL, &c.. Behold Me saving, &c. from the east country, &a
Compare Isaiah 43:5. Note the Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the
Part), App-6, for the whole earth, See Psalms 50:1; Psalms 113:3...
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_from the east country, and from the west country_ Comp. Isaiah
43:5-6. The promise is larger than has yet been fulfilled....
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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...
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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...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country;
BEHOLD, I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM, THE
WEST - i e., from ev...
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8:7 country; (e-20) Lit., as often, 'from the land of the sun-rising
and from the land of the sun-setting.'...
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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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FROM THE EAST... AND FROM THE WEST. — There were Jews in exile in
the west as well as in the east (Joel 3:6); and, indeed, a very
general dispersion may be almost implied from Isaiah 43:5....
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כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות
הִנְנִ֥י מֹושִׁ֛יעַ...
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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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_Sun, from Chaldea and the islands. This chiefly regards the Christian
Church. (Calmet) --- Assyria and Chaldea lay to the north. The
promises are too great for the synagogue. (Worthington)_...
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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;...
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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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He pursues the same subject, and introduces a preface, very necessary
in so confused a state of things; for it was very difficult to raise
up desponding minds and to inspire them with confidence, when...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, BEHOLD,.... As being something
wonderful, of great importance, and deserving attention:
I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE FROM THE EAST COUNTRY, AND FROM THE WEST
COUNTRY; this can...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the
east country, and from the west country;
Ver. 7. _Behold, I will save my people from the east_] This was in
part, no doubt, litera...
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_If it be marvellous_ If these things promised appear difficult, and
in a manner impossible; _in the eyes of the remnant of this people_ In
the judgment and opinion, or rather to the unbelief, of this...
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THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will save My people from the
East country, from the rising of the sun, AND FROM THE WEST COUNTRY,
from the setting of the sun, so that Jehovah would rescue His...
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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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THE WEST COUNTRY:
_ Heb._ the country of the going down of the Sun...
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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...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS: here again God engageth his almighty
power to make good his promise. BEHOLD; consider well what power is to
do this. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE, bring them safe, FROM THE EAST...
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Zechariah 8:7 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 save H3467
(H8688) people H5971 land H776 east...
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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...
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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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_I will save My people from the East country, and from the West
country _
A TWO-FOLD DIVINE RESTORATION
I. A Divine temporal restoration. The reference here is to those Jews
who had been scattered ab...
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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...
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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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Amos 9:14; Amos 9:15; Ezekiel 37:19; Hosea 11:10; Hosea 11:11;...
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The east — country — Persia and Media, which lay east from
Jerusalem, and were now masters of Babylon....