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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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(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...
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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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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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_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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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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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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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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 multiplyi...
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Zechariah 8:5 streets H7339 city H5892 full H4390 (H8735) boys H3206
girls H3207 Playing H7832 (H8764) streets...
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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 8:5
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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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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.
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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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Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 30:20; Jeremiah 31:27; Jeremiah 33:11;...