Zechariah 8:11
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. He would change everything, and give them happiness and prosperity.
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Zechariah 8:12
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the seed [shall be] prosperous,.... Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas before, though they sowed much, it came to little, Haggai 1:6: the vine shall give her fruit; be loaded with clusters, and produce large quantities of wine; whereas before there was a drought upon the new wine; and...
Zechariah 8:12
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the seed shall be prosperous; It is a happy omen for a church when the Word preached is with power. Zec_8:12. The vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, Happy are the hearts that are like fruitful vines, and good and fertile ground yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold increase. Zec_8:12. And the heavens shall...
Zechariah 8:12-15
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers...
Zechariah 8:12
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. God can turn our estate as easily as a man turneth his hand. “The Lord can clear the darkest skies, can give us day for night.” As...
Zechariah 8:13
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen,.... Reproached, vilified, and called accursed by them; see Jeremiah 24:9 as true Christians, and real believers in Christ, are by the men of this world, 1 Corinthians 4:12: O house of Judah, and house of Israel; both being carried captive at different times, and were typical...
Zechariah 8:13
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. The Jew had become the very model of a curse. “You are as cursed as a Jew,” said the enemies of Israel; but God would make them to be the very model of...
Zechariah 8:14
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... In order to assure them of the truth of what he promised, he observes the fulfilment of what he had threatened, he being as true and faithful in the one as in the other: As I thought to punish you: determined to do it, by suffering them to be carried captive: when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the...
Zechariah 8:14-15
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. It is a very instructive and encouraging passage. When God threatened to punish his people, he did...
Zechariah 8:15
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So again,.... Or "so I am returned" (n), as in Zechariah 8:3: have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah; by bestowing the above mentioned blessings on them; and as Jehovah has thought, so it comes to pass, and as he has purposed, so it stands; whatever he determines shall be, as for evil, so for good, Isaiah...
Zechariah 8:16
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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, and that they might glorify him: Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; not using deceit, prevarication, and lying, Ephesians 4:25 and it...
Zechariah 8:16-17
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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: and let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; Some have wickedly said that “thought is free, and can’t be condemned;” but here we see that, if it goeth after evil, it is a wicked...
Zechariah 8:16-17
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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: And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. He will have his people true, even if they swear to their...
Zechariah 8:17
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour,.... [See comments on Zechariah 7:10] hatred without a cause was a governing vice under the second temple, and Jarchi says was the cause of the destruction of it; see John 15:25: and love no false oath; whereby the character and property of a fellow creature are hurt; nor any...
Zechariah 8:17-19
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts;...
Zechariah 8:18
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum paraphrases it: here begins a new prophecy, respecting the abrogation of Jewish fasts, and the calling of the Gentiles.
Zechariah 8:18
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, This is the point that I call your attention to. You had the question when I began to read, and here is the answer.
Zechariah 8:19
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... What follows is a full answer to the question in Zechariah 7:3: The fast of the fourth [month]; the month Tammuz, which answers to June: this fast was kept on the ninth day of the month, on account of the city of Jerusalem being broken up on that day (o), as it is said, 2 Kings 25:3 though Kimchi says this was on...
Zechariah 8:19
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. Here is an answer to more than they asked for. The messengers only enquired about one fast — what...
Zechariah 8:20
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, [It shall] yet [come to pass],.... This is another thing that shall certainly be accomplished: that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities; in the Gentile world; they shall come and hear the word, believe in Christ, and join together in a Gospel church state; as they did at Antioch, Thessalonica,...