Zechariah 7:1--8:19
fourth ..... fourth <0702> [the fourth.]
Kislev <03691> [Chisleu.]
Answering to part of November and part of December.
sent <07971> [they.]
companions <06440 03068 02470> [pray before the Lord. Heb. intreat the face of the Lord.]
asking <0559> [speak.]
weep <01058> [Should.]
fifth <02549> [fifth.]
This was a fast for the burning of the temple, as that of the seventh month was for the death of Gedaliah; and seeing that the city and temple were in part rebuilt, they wished to know whether they should continue the observance of them.
fasting <05144> [separating.]
Lord who rules over all <06635 03068> [Lord of hosts.]
fasted .................. fast <06684> [When.]
seventh <07637> [seventh.]
seventy <07657> [seventy.]
From the eleventh year of Zedekiah to the fourth of Darius Hystapses are just seventy years.
fasted .................. fast <06684> [did.]
eat ... drink ..... doing <0398 08354> [did not ye eat for. or, be not ye they that did eat for, etc.]
words <01697> [Should ye not hear the words. or, Are not these the words, etc.]
cried <07121> [cried.]
former <07223> [former. Heb. the hand of former. the south.]
said <0559> [saying.]
Exercise true judgment <08199 0571 04941> [Execute true judgment. Heb. Judge judgment of truth.]
oppress <06231> [oppress.]
plot <02803> [imagine.]
refused <03985> [they refused.]
turning away stubbornly <03802 05414> [pulled away the shoulder. Heb. gave a backsliding shoulder.]
stopping <03513> [stopped. Heb. made heavy.]
heart <03820> [their hearts.]
obey <08085> [lest.]
sent <07971> [sent.]
former <07223> [the former. Heb. the hand of the former.]
great <01419> [therefore.]
cried ........... cry <07121> [as.]
cried ........... cry <07121> [so.]
sweep ... away in a storm <05590> [scattered.]
familiar <03045> [whom.]
land ..................... land <0776> [the land.]
land .................... fruitful land <02532 0776> [the pleasant land. Heb. the land of desire.]
concerned ................... hurt <07065> [I was jealous.]
returned <07725> [I am.]
live <07931> [dwell.]
city <05892> [a city.]
[the mountains.]
holy <06944> [the holy.]
Old men ... women <02205> [There.]
advanced age <03117 07230> [very age. Heb. multitude of days.]
will ........ playing <07832> [playing.]
difficult ................ difficult <06381> [marvellous. or, hard, or difficult. should.]
save <03467> [I.]
lands ....... west <0776 03996> [west country. Heb. country of the going down of the sun.]
settle <07931> [and they shall dwell.]
people <05971> [they shall be my.]
truth <0571> [in truth.]
<03027> [Let.]
prophets <05030> [the prophets.]
Before <06440> [before.]
was ... compensation ... man .......... adversity ............ everybody <01961 07939 0120> [there was no hire for man. or, the hire of man became nothing, etc. neither.]
Before ......... man ... animal .................. pitted everybody <06440 0120 0929 07971> [for.]
sowing <02233> [the seed.]
peaceful time <07965> [prosperous. Heb. of peace.]
skies <08064> [the heavens.]
remnant <07611> [the remnant.]
allow <05157> [to possess.]
curse <07045> [a curse.]
<01004> [O house.]
blessing <01293> [ye shall.]
The consideration that all nations who now worship the true God, and receive the Sacred Scriptures as His word, have derived the whole of their divine knowledge, under God, from Jewish prophets, apostles, and teachers, and that the Saviour "in whom all nations shall be blessed," sprang from that favoured race, emphatically explains what is meant by "ye shall be a blessing." The full accomplishment of this prediction, however, is probably reserved for the future restoration of the Jews.
afraid <03372 03027> [fear not.]
planned <02161> [As.]
sorry <05162> [I repented.]
planned <02161> [have.]
fear <03372> [fear.]
things <01697> [are.]
Speak <01696> [Speak.]
truth ........ Practice true ... righteous judgment <08199 04941 0571 07965> [execute the judgment of truth and peace. Heb. judge truth and the judgment of peace.]
<0376> [let.]
favor <0157> [love.]
hate <08130> [things.]
fourth <07243> [the fourth.]
fifth <02549> [the fifth.]
seventh <07637> [the seventh.]
tenth <06224> [the tenth.]
joyful <08342> [joy.]
feasts <04150> [feasts. Heb. solemn, or, set times. therefore.]
