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Verse Zechariah 8:16. _SPEAK YE EVERY MAN THE TRUTH_] See Zechariah
7:9....
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THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YE SHALL DO - He exhorts them to the same
duties, to which the former prophets had exhorted their fathers,
Zechariah 7:9, and, as before, first positively to truth and peace;...
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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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SPEAK, &c. Compare Zechariah 8:19; Zechariah 7:9.
EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _ish_. App-14.
EXECUTE, &c. See note on Zechariah 7:9....
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"The ground upon which the promise rests is given in Zechariah
8:14-15, and it is closed in Zechariah 8:16-17, by the addition of the
condition on which it is to be fulfilled." Keil....
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_the judgment of truth and peace_ Rather, TRUTH AND THE JUDGMENT OF
PEACE JUDGE YE, as in R. V. margin. Jerusalem would indeed "be called
a city of truth" (Zechariah 8:3), when alike in the private
in...
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THE FIFTH STATEMENT. Zechariah 8:14-17
RV. For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you,
when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I
repented not; so aga...
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These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth
to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your
gates:
-The promised blessings are connected with obedience-God...
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8:16 execute (c-16) 'Judge,' as ch. 7.9....
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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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IN YOUR GATES] The gate was the market-place where all business
transactions took place: see Ruth 4:1. EXECUTE THE JUDGMENT OF TRUTH
AND PEACE] be fair-minded and peaceable.
20, 23. The gathering in o...
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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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(14-17) As the Captivity had been brought about by God’s decree, so,
too, the Restoration. The people, therefore, need not fear, if only
they do that which is righteous in His sight....
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JUDGMENT OF TRUTH AND PEACE — _i.e.,_ in accordance with the true
facts of the case, and such judgment as would tend to peace between
man and man. (Comp. Zechariah 7:9; and contrast Malachi 2:8.)...
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אֵ֥לֶּה הַ דְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר
תַּֽעֲשׂ֑וּ דַּבְּר֤וּ...
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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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_Of peace, or perfect. Shew no partiality._...
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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...
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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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Zechariah exhorts them here to true repentance, by showing that more
things were to be hoped for than what they saw with their eyes; and at
the same time he shows that it was not enough for them assid...
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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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THESE [ARE] THE THINGS THAT YE SHALL DO,.... Which were duties
incumbent on them, and which it became them to perform, under a sense
of the favours bestowed on them, to show their gratitude to God, an...
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These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth
to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your
gates:
Ver. 16. _These are the things that ye shall do_] Heb. T...
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_These are the things that ye shall do_, &c. But these my promises of
good to you are conditional, and the performance of them will depend
upon your observing the laws of justice and righteousness; _S...
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THE RESTORATION DESCRIBED...
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These are the things that ye shall do, as an evidence of the new
relation which obtained between them and Jehovah, the God of the
covenant, SPEAK YE EVERY MAN THE TRUTH TO HIS NEIGHBOR, this being the...
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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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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...
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THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YE SHALL DO; you to whom I am returned, whom
I have promised to bless, you have something to do that the blessing
may come upon you, and look you do it. Beside building the t...
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Zechariah 8:16 things H1697 do H6213 (H8799) Speak H1696 (H8761) man
H376 truth H571 neighbor H7453 judgment...
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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...
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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...
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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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_Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour _
TRUTH
Concisely stated, the doctrine of the text is, think truth, love
truth, speak truth, and do truth--live in its atmosphere, make it your
ruling...
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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.]
ZECHARIAH 8:16.] Just as in ch. Zechariah 7:9, first positive
(Zechariah 8:16), then negative (Zechariah 8:
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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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1 Peter 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; Amos 5:15; Amos 5:24; Deute
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Judgment of truth — True judgment. Peace — That may restore, and
settle peace among you. Gates — The places of judicature, where the
judges sat....