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Verse 15. _I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED_] I was justly displeased
with my people, and I gave their enemies a commission against them;
but they carried this far beyond my design by oppression and crue...
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I AM SORE DISPLEASED - literally “with great anger am I angered
against the nations which are at ease.” The form of the words shows
that the greatness of the displeasure of God against those who oppre...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
1. THE NIGHT VISIONS
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Zechariah 1:1) _
2. The first night vision (Zechariah 1:7)
3. The second night vision (Zechariah 1:18)...
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This section, to which Zechariah 1:7 is an editorial introduction,
either is not the beginning of Zechariah's allegories, or has not come
down to us in its original form, for the interpreting angel is...
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HEATHEN. nations.
AT EASE. indifferent (Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11.Amos 6:1; Amos 6:1).
AFFLICTION. calamity. Hebrew. _raa_ '. App-44. Comp
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_heathen_ or, _nations_, R.V.
_at ease_ as described in Zechariah 1:11. The word in this verse is
the same as in Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11, and...
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I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED, &C.— _I am very sore displeased with the
nations who despise her, and who, after I had moderated my anger, have
added to her affliction._ Houbigant. This may be understood o...
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CHAPTER XXVII
A VISION OF HORSES
Zechariah 1:7-17
RV. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is
the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of
Jehovah unto Ze...
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CHAPTER XXVIII
A VISION OF FOUR HORNS AND SMITHS
Zechariah 1:18-21
RV. And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns. And I
said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And...
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And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for
I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN - in contr...
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LESSONS FROM THE PAST. THE FIRST AND SECOND VISIONS
1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance.
8-17. The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the
affairs of the...
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GOD REMEMBERS HIS PROMISES
ZECHARIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
‘The *prophet (Zechariah) said that these events would happen. And
these events did happen.’
(Matthew 21:4) (A *prophet tells people what G...
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A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of
Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in
Zechariah 1:7 to...
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BUT A LITTLE. — (Comp. 2 Kings 20:18.) Or, _for a little while._
(Comp. Job 24:24.)
HELPED FORWARD THE AFFLICTION. — Better, _helped for evil_ —
_i.e.,_ they not only acted as God’s instruments to cha...
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וְ קֶ֤צֶף גָּדֹול֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל
־הַ
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3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS
For all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of
the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius."
that is, January or Febru...
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THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH
Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
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A VISION OF PARDON AND RESTORATION
Zechariah 1:1-17
Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on
the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain,
and th...
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About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had
encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the
memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He
ga...
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And I am very greatly displeased with the nations [that are] at ease:
for I was but (o) a little displeased, and they helped forward the
affliction.
(o) In destroying the reprobate, I showed myself b...
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_Nations, represented as four horns, ver. 18, 19. --- Evil, through
malice, and thus deserved themselves to be punished, Osee i. 4._...
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"Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the
month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD
unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prop...
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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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God here obviates the doubt which might have easily crept into the
minds of the godly. “Why should he then give up the miserable Jews
to the will of the Gentiles, and suffer these heathens at the same...
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The Spirit of God begins with an exhortation, founded on the proofs
that the history of the people supplied of the manner in which the
word of the prophets had taken hold of them. Jehovah's displeasur...
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AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN [THAT ARE] AT EASE,....
The Chaldeans and Persians, and other nations, enemies of the Jews,
who were now free from war, and enjoyed great prosperity, whe...
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And I am very sore displeased with the heathen [that are] at ease: for
I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
Ver. 15. _And I am very sore displeased with the heathen...
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_And the Lord answered the angel_ “By a voice, or impulse; and the
angel communicated the reply to Zechariah.” Newcome. _So the angel
said, Cry thou_ Now publish what thou hearest, and assure God's po...
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And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease,
believing that they had been permanently victorious over the Lord's
people; FOR I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED, as His punishment went o...
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THE VISION OF THE HORSES AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES...
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GOD'S CALL TO RETURN TO HIM
(vv. 1-6)
Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of
Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed
time"). Israel had long been...
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7-17 The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This
represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man
like a warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady
myr...
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AND I; the Lord of hosts, God of Israel, AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH
THE HEATHEN; exceedingly angry, and will show it, that they may see
and feel it, my displeasure is grown up to the highest against...
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THE FIRST VISION. THE VISION OF THE HORSEMEN SCOUTS - GOD WILL NOW
RESTORE HIS PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT (ZECHARIAH 1:7).
Zechariah 1:7
‘On the twenty fourth day of the eleventh month, whic...
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Zechariah 1:7
The rider in the myrtle grove.
I. The prophet saw a grove of myrtle trees in a hollow or low place.
By the myrtle grove all are agreed is signified the covenant people,
the nation of Is...
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CONTENTS: Zechariah's symbolic visions, warning of Jehovah's
dispreasure with the nations.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Zechariah.
CONCLUSION: The judgments of God which those who went before us were
un...
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Zechariah 1:1. _Zechariah;_ that is, the memory of God; a name which
might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in
Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in concer...
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_I am jealous for Jerusalem _
MERCY MINGLED WITH CHASTISEMENT
“Jealousy is that particular uneasiness which arises in our minds
from the fear that some rival may rob us of the affection of one whom...
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ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 1:1 Oracles and Visions. Zechariah’s
sequence of visions in Zechariah 1:7 is interrupted by an oracle of
restoration ...
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ZECHARIAH 1:7 Eight Night Visions and a Sign-act. The eight visions
that follow were all received in a single night shortly before the new
year, a date often associated in the ancient Near East with t...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZECHARIAH 1:16. RETURNED] to Jerusalem, from whom God had withdrawn.
LINE] All obstacles removed, the temple completed, and the whole city
shall be regular in shape, and exact in its...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-6:15
Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS, AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION.
ZECHARIAH 1:1
§ 1. _Title of the book, and author. _THE EIGHTH MONTH. This was
called Bul before the Captivit
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Shall we tonight now get into our study in the book of Zechariah
beginning with chapter 1.
Now if you remember when we studied the book of Haggai last week,
Haggai was dating his prophesies in the sec...
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Amos 1:3; Amos 6:1; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 25:3;...
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THE MAN AMONG THE MYRTLE TREES
Zechariah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen
people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons for the sai...
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A little displeased — With mine own people, that is, in comparison
of the anger I bear against the Heathen. Helped forward — Attempted
to destroy whom I would but correct....