“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
Chapter 8 Lecture One Hundred and forty-eighth Zechariah 8:1, 2 1. Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 1. Et fuit sermo Jehovae exercituum, dicendo, — 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 2.
Commenting on Zechariah 8:1-23
God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These verses contain strong encouragements with reference to the difficulties they now laboured under. And we may observe, I.
Commenting on Zechariah 8:9-17
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen,.... Reproached, vilified, and called accursed by them; see Jer 24:9 as true Christians, and real believers in Christ, are by the men of this world, Co1 4:12, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; both being carried captive at different times, and were typical of the true and Spiritual...