Zechariah 7:1--14:21
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.]
come <0935> [there.]
<03212> [Let.]
go ...... Let's go ...................... go <01980> [speedily. or, continually. Heb. going.]
favor .... Lord ..... Lord <06440 03068 02470> [pray before the Lord. Heb. intreat the face of the Lord.]
<03212> [I will.]
languages <03956> [out.]
grasp hold .... grab <02388> [take.]
<03212> [We will.]
heard <08085> [we have.]
oracle <04853> [Cir. A.M. 3494. B.C. 510. burden.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
focus <04496> [the rest.]
eyes <05869> [when.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Tyre <06865> [Tyrus.]
Sidon <06721> [Zidon.]
very <03966> [it be.]
built <01129> [build.]
piled up <06651> [heaped.]
Lord <0136> [the Lord.]
shove <05221> [he will.]
consumed <0398> [shall.]
Ashkelon .............................. Ashkelon <0831> [Ashkelon.]
great <03966> [and be.]
hope <04007> [for.]
take away <05493> [I will.]
practices <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods. he that.]
like <0441> [a governor.]
Jebusites <02983> [a Jebusite.]
surround <02583> [I will.]
forth ...... cross over <05674> [because of him that passeth by.]
oppressor <05065> [no.]
seen <07200> [for.]
Rejoice <01523> [Rejoice.]
king <04428> [behold.]
legitimate <06662> [he is.]
victorious <03467> [having salvation. or, saving himself. lowly.]
remove ................. removed <03772> [I will.]
battle <04421> [the battle.]
announce <01696> [he shall.]
dominion <04915> [his dominion.]
Euphrates River <05104> [from the river.]
blood <01818> [As.]
covenant ..... blood <01285 01818> [by the blood of thy covenant. or, whose covenant is by blood.]
release <07971> [I have.]
pit <0953> [out.]
Return ............... return <07725> [Turn.]
today <03117> [even.]
Return ............... return <07725> [I will.]
bend <01869> [bent.]
stir <05782> [and raised.]
sons <01121> [against.]
make <07760> [made.]
appear <07200> [seen.]
arrow <02671> [his.]
blow <08628> [blow.]
storm <05591> [whirlwinds.]
prevail <0398> [they shall devour.]
overcome <03533> [subdue.]
sling stones <07050 068> [with sling stones. or, with the stones of the sling. shall drink.]
full .... sacrificial basin <04219 04390> [filled like bowls. or, fill both the bowls, etc.]
corners <02106> [the corners.]
deliver <03467> [shall save.]
flock .......... stones ..... sparkling <06629 068 05264> [as.]
sparkling <05264> [lifted.]
precious <02898> [how great is his goodness.]
fair <03308> [how great is his beauty.]
Grain <01715> [corn.]
flourish <05107> [cheerful. or, grow, or, speak.]
<03068> [ye.]
rain .... season ................... rain <04306 06256> [rain in.]
season <06256> [the time.]
thunderstorms <02385> [bright clouds. or, lightnings.]
give <05414> [and give.]
household gods <08655> [the idols. Heb. the teraphims.]
soothsayers <07080> [the diviners.]
comfort <05162> [they comfort.]
set out <05265> [therefore.]
scattered ...... shepherd <06031 07462> [troubled, because there. or, answered that there.]
enraged <0639> [anger.]
punish ............ brought blessing <06485> [and I.]
punish ............ brought blessing <06485> [punished. Heb. visited upon.]
punish ............ brought blessing <06485> [visited.]
majestic <01935> [as.]
<03318> [of him came forth.]
cornerstone <06438> [the corner.]
peg <03489> [the nail.]
battle <04421> [the battle.]
warriors <01368> [as.]
trampling <0947> [tread.]
Lord <03068> [because.]
defeat .... cavalry <05483 03001 07392> [and the riders on horses shall be confounded. or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed.]
strengthen <01396> [I will strengthen.]
deliver <03467> [I will save.]
compassion <07355> [for I have.]
had <0834> [as.]
Lord <03068> [for I am.]
<03820> [and their.]
children <01121> [yea.]
<03820> [their heart.]
signal <08319> [hiss.]
gather ....... redeemed <06908 06299> [for.]
become ... numerous <07235> [and they.]
scatter ... among <02232> [sow.]
remember <02142> [remember.]
<02421> [live.]
lands .................. land <0776> [out of the.]
lands .................. land <0776> [into.]
<04672> [place.]
cross <05674> [he shall.]
calm <05221> [smite.]
pride <01347> [the pride.]
domination <07626> [the sceptre.]
strengthen <01396> [I will.]
walk <01980> [walk.]
Lebanon <03844> [O Lebanon.]
fire <0784> [that.]
Howl ............... Howl <03213> [Howl.]
majestic <0117> [mighty. or, gallants. for.]
forest <01208 03293> [forest of the vintage. or, defenced forest.]
Listen ............. Listen <06963> [a voice.]
magnificence <0155> [for their.]
Listen ............. Listen <06963> [a voice.]
thickets <01347> [for the pride.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
Shepherd <07462> [Feed.]
buy <07069> [possessors.]
guilty <0816> [hold.]
sell <04376> [sell.]
Blessed <01288> [Blessed.]
shepherds <07462> [and their.]
compassion <02550> [I will no.]
last ................... deliver <04672 05337> [deliver. Heb. make to be found.]
over ...... his <03027> [into the.]
devastate <03807> [they shall.]
over ...... his <03027> [and out.]
shepherd ............................ tended <07462> [I will.]
[even you, O poor. or, verily the poor.]
staffs <04731> [staves.]
one ..... other <0259> [one.]
<02254> [Bands. or, Binders.]
one <0259> [in.]
<05315> [and my.]
ran out ... patience <07114 05315> [lothed them. Heb. was straitened for them.]
shepherd <07462> [I will.]
die .... die <04191> [that that dieth.]
survive <07604> [and let.]
other's <07468> [another. Heb. his fellow, or, neighbour.]
Pleasantness <05278> [Beauty.]
annul <06565> [that.]
afflicted <06041> [so, etc. or, the poor of the flock, etc., certainly knew. poor.]
kept <08104> [that waited.]
then ............. knew <03045> [knew.]
seems good <02896 05869> [ye think good. Heb. it be good in your eyes.]
pay <03051> [give.]
weighed out <08254> [So.]
Throw ...................... threw <07993> [Cast.]
exorbitant <0145> [a goodly.]
cut <01438> [I cut.]
<02254> [Bands. or, Binders.]
foolish <0196> [a foolish.]
take heed <06485> [which.]
headed to slaughter <03582> [cut off. or, hidden. neither.]
nourish <03557> [feed. or, bear. but.]
Woe <01945> [Woe.]
worthless <0457> [idol.]
abandons <05800> [that leaveth.]
sword <02719> [the sword.]
arm ........ arm <02220> [his arm.]
revelation <04853> [Cir. A.M. 3504. B.C. 500. burden.]
Israel <03478> [for.]
stretches <05186> [which.]
forms <03335> [formeth.]
cup <05592> [a cup.]
dizziness <07478> [trembling. or, slumber.]
[or, poison.]
besieged <04692> [when they, etc. or, and also against Judah shall he be, which shall be in siege against Jerusalem.]
day <03117> [in that.]
burden <04614> [a burdensome.]
peoples <01471> [though.]
day <03117> [that day.]
strike ....................... strike <05221> [I will smite.]
<06491> [I will open.]
leaders <0441> [the governors.]
inhabitants <03427> [The inhabitants, etc. or, There is strength to me, and to the inhabitants, etc.]
igniter <03595> [like an hearth.]
burn up <0398> [they.]
right <03225> [on the right.]
Jerusalem ... settle .......... Jerusalem <03389 03427> [Jerusalem shall.]
deliver <03467> [save.]
exceed <01431> [do.]
defend <01598> [defend.]
weakest <03782> [he.]
weakest <03782> [feeble. or, abject. Heb. fallen.]
dynasty <01004> [the house.]
angel <04397> [as the.]
set <01245> [I will.]
pour <08210> [I will pour.]
kingship <01004> [the house.]
spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
supplication <08469> [of supplications.]
look <05027> [they shall look.]
That this relates to the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth, and to his being pierced by the soldier's spear, we have the authority of the inspired apostle John for affirming; and this application agrees with the opinion of some of the ancient Jews, who interpret it of Messiah the son of David, as Moses Hadarson, on Ge ch. 28, though Jarchi and Abarbanel refer it to the death of Messiah the son of Joseph, whom they say was to be the suffering Messiah, while the former is to be the triumphant Messiah.
<04553> [they shall mourn.]
lamentation .......... lamentation <04553> [as.]
land <0776> [the land.]
clan ... clan ... clan ......... itself ...... themselves ... clan ........ itself ...... themselves <04940 0905> [every family apart. Heb. families, families.]
clan ... clan ... clan ..... household ... David ... itself ...... themselves ... clan .... family ..... itself ...... themselves <04940 0905 01004 01732> [the family of the house of David apart.]
wives ............... wives <0802> [and their.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
Levi <03878> [Levi.]
Shimeites <08097> [Shimei. or, Simeon, as LXX.]
wives <0802> [and.]
[that,]
[a fountain,]
dynasty <01004> [the house.]
impurity <05079> [uncleanness. Heb. separation for uncleanness.]
remove <03772> [I will cut.]
prophets <05030> [cause.]
unclean <02932> [unclean.]
father ... mother ......................... father ... mother <0517 01> [and his.]
prophet <05030> [the prophets.]
wear <03847> [wear.]
hairy garment ...... deceive <0155 03584 08181> [rough garment to deceive. Heb. garment of hair to lie.]
prophet <05030> [I am no.]
wounds <04347> [What.]
received <05221> [I was.]
sword <02719> [O sword.]
shepherd <07462> [my shepherd.]
man <01397> [the man.]
Strike <05221> [smite.]
flock <06629> [the sheep.]
turn <07725> [I will turn.]
two-thirds <08147> [two.]
people ........... one-third <07992> [but.]
bring <0935> [bring.]
refine ...... refined <06884> [refine.]
call <07121> [they shall call.]
people <05971> [It is my people.]
gather <0622> [gather.]
city ................ city <05892> [the city.]
houses <01004> [the houses.]
remainder <03499> [the residue.]
taken away <03772> [shall not.]
ancient days <03117> [as.]
feet <07272> [his feet.]
split <01234> [cleave.]
<03966> [a very.]
Mount ............. Mount ........ half .......... Half ... mountain ........ half <02677 02022> [half of the.]
mountain ..... mountains <02022> [the mountains. or, my mountains. for the, etc. or, when he shall touch the valley of the mountains to the place he separated. ye shall flee.]
escape ................ flee .... fled <05127> [ye fled.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
holy ones <06918> [and all.]
[that the.]
"That is, it shall not be clear in some places, and dark in other places of the world."
sources of light <03368> [not.]
sources of light <03368> [clear. Heb. precious. dark. Heb. thickness.]
one day ........... day <03117 0259> [it shall be one day. or, the day shall be one.]
known <03045> [which.]
evening <06153> [at.]
living <02416> [living.]
eastern <06931> [former. or, eastern.]
summer <07019> [in summer.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord .............. Lord ...... one .... single <03068 0259> [one Lord.]
Lord .............. Lord .......... name <03068 08034> [and.]
land <0776> [the land.]
change <05437> [turned. or, compassed. from Geba.]
Rimmon <07417> [Rimmon.]
stay <03427> [inhabited. or, shall abide.]
Benjamin <01144> [from Benjamin's.]
divine extermination <02764> [there.]
settle ................ dwell ... security <0983 03427> [shall be safely inhabited. or, shall abide.]
plague ..... Lord <04046 03068> [the plague wherewith.]
flesh <01320> [Their flesh.]
great <07227> [a great.]
Judah ... fight <03063 03898> [Judah also shall. or, thou also, O Judah, shalt, etc.]
Jerusalem <03389> [at. or, against. and the.]
survive <03498> [that every.]
King <04428> [the King.]
observe <02287> [and to.]
go up <05927> [that.]
nations <04940> [all.]
rain <01653> [even.]
[that have no. Heb. upon whom there is not.]
punishment <02403> [punishment. or, sin.]
bells <04698> [shall there.]
bells <04698> [bells. or, bridles.]
Holy <06944> [HOLINESS.]
pots <05518> [and the.]
bowls <04219> [the bowls.]
pot <05518> [every.]
Canaanite <03669> [no more.]
house <01004> [in the.]
The predictions contained in this chapter seem to relate to events which gradually extend from the death of Christ to the glorious days of the millennium:--the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, whose armies were composed of many nations, which was "the day of the Lord," in which he came "to destroy those who would not that he should reign over them," (ver. 1, 2;) the subversion of the Roman empire, after being the executioners of the Divine vengeance on the Jews, by God's stirring up the barbarous nations to invade them, (ver. 3;) the effusion of Divine knowledge from Jerusalem, by the promulgation of the Gospel, (ver. 4-9;) the rebuilding and replenishing of Jerusalem, (ver. 10, 11;) the destruction of the nations who shall fight against her, (ver. 12-15;) the conversion of the remnant of those nations to the Lord, (ver. 16-19;) and the peace and purity of the universal church in the latter days, (ver. 20, 21.)
