Zechariah 1:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperityc shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. ”

• Zechariah 1:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Cry yet - A further promise; not only should Jerusalem be rebuilt, but should as we say, overflow with good ; and God, who had seemed to cast off His people, should yet comfort her, and should sh...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet (q) be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. (q) The abundance wil...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  This section, to which Zechariah 1:7 is an editorial introduction, either is not the beginning of Zechariah's allegories, or has not come down to us in its original form, for the interpreting angel...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  comfort . pity, or have compassion on; as mercy" in Zechariah 1:12 .

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  I was not able in my last lecture fully to explain the verse in which the Prophet says that he was commanded by the angel to cry again, that God had returned to Jerusalem in mercies. The design...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. By cities - shall yet be s...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  My cities, &c.— My cities shall yet abound with good. Houbigant, and others.

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. Cry yet ... Thus s...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Lessons from the Past. The First and Second Visions 1-6. The Prophet's message. He calls the people to repentance. 8-17 . The First Vision: The Divine Messengers ever watching over the affairs o...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 , the Pro...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS For all the Visions there is one date, "in the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius." that is, January or Fe...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Vision of Pardon and Restoration Zechariah 1:1-17 Zechariah does not slur over the sins of the past, but lays stress on the divine forgiveness. His only fear is lest God should call in vain,...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  About a month after Haggai's second message, in which he had encouraged the people who were in danger of being disheartened by the memory of the past, Zechariah uttered his first prophetic word. He g...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the pro...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Cry yet, saying ,.... That is, "prophesy again", as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. Ver. 17. Cry yet, sayin...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the Lord answered the angel “By a voice, or impulse; and the angel communicated the reply to Zechariah.” Newcome. So the angel said, Cry thou Now publish what thou hearest, and assure God's p...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  God's Call to Return to Him (vv. 1-6) Zechariah's name means "Jehovah remembers." He was the son of Berechiah ("Jehovah blesses") who was the son of Iddo ("the appointed time"). Israel had long b...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. B. C. 520.       7 Upon the...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Cry yet: the prophet's commission is either enlarged, or more full instructions given to him, to raise the hope and stablish the faith of the people of God. My cities: Jerusalem and the cities of...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The First Vision. The Vision of the Horsemen Scouts - God Will Now Restore His People and the Temple Will Be Built ( Zechariah 1:7-17 ). Zechariah 1:7-10 ‘On the twenty fourth day of the eleven...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 1:16 . Returned ] to Jerusalem, from whom God had withdrawn. Line ] All obstacles removed, the temple completed, and the whole city shall be regular in shape, and ex...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Zechariah 1:7-17 The rider in the myrtle grove. I. The prophet saw a grove of myrtle trees in a hollow or low place. By the myrtle grove all are agreed is signified the covenant people, the natio...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 1:1 . Zechariah; that is, the memory of God; a name which might seem prophetic, for the Lord remembered his people while yet in Babylon. He was contemporary with Haggai, and acted in con...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I am jealous for Jerusalem Mercy mingled with chastisement “Jealousy is that particular uneasiness which arises in our minds from the fear that some rival may rob us of the affection of one wh...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verse 1-6:15 Part I. A SERIES OF EIGHT VISIONS , AND A SYMBOLICAL ACTION . Zechariah 1:1 § 1. Title of the book, and author. The eighth month . This was called...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Vision of the Horses Among the Myrtle Trees

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Chronicles 6:6 ; Amos 9:14 ; Ephesians 1:4 ; Ezekiel 36:10 ; Ezekiel 36:11 ; Ezekiel 36:33 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 40:1 ; Isaiah 40:2 ; Isaiah 41:8 ; Isaiah 41:9 ; Isaiah 44:26 ; Isaiah...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Man among the Myrtle Trees Zechariah 1:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The visions have to do primarily with God's dealings with His chosen people Israel. They will, however, be full of lessons fo...

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• Zechariah 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Through prosperity — Through increase of families, they shall send forth colonies, and plant new cities, and thro' increase of wealth, and cattle, be able to build their cities, and stock their col...

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