Zechariah 8:9-13
<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.]
