“ Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? ”
Your fathers, where are they? - The abrupt solemnity of the question seems to imply an unexpected close of life which cut short their hopes, plans, promises to self. “When they said, Peace and sa...
Your fathers, where (e) [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? (e) Though your fathers are dead, yet God's judgments in punishing them ought still to be before your eyes: and though th...
This rebuke (see above, p. 575) seems inconsistent with a date five weeks or more after work had been begun at the Temple and at least ten days after the prophecy in Haggai 2:1-9 . The clumsy handiw...
where are they? This in contrast with the words of Jehovah, which endure forever ( Zechariah 1:6 ). Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
In what we considered yesterday Zechariah reminded the Jews of the conduct of their fathers, in order that they might not, by their continued sins, bring on themselves new punishments. Many int...
DISCOURSE: 1237 AN EXHORTATION TO TURN TO GOD Zechariah 1:3-6 . Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord of Hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of Hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the Lo...
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Your fathers, where are they? - Israel has been destroyed and ruined in the bloody wars with the Assyrians; and Judah, in thos...
Your fathers, where are they?— This question signifies that the sepulchre of their fathers was not in Judaea, because they died captives in a foreign land; which was a great disgrace to the childre...
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live forever? - In contrast to "my words" ( Zechariah 1:6 ), "wh...
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...
(1-6) On the four-and-twentieth day of the sixth mouth of the second year (B.C. 520) of Darius Hystaspis, the re-building of the Temple had been resumed ( Haggai 1:15 ); and in the seventh month, on...
ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET Zechariah 1:1-6 ; Ezra 5:1 ; Ezra 6:14 ZECHARIAH is one of the prophets whose personality as distinguished from their message exerts some degree of fascination on the st...
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,...
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...
"The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. (3) Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LO...
Your fathers, where [are] they ?.... They are not in the land of the living; they perished by the sword of the Chaldeans, or died in captivity: and the prophets, do they live for ever ? meaning ei...
Your fathers, where [are] they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Ver. 5. Your fathers, where are they? ] Is not the grave their house? have they not made their beds in the dark? are not th...
Therefore say Rather, but say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Turn ye unto me The word turn , as it related to the people, signified that they should change their corrupt manners and turn t...
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...
Repentance Urged. B. C. 520. 1 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came t...
Your fathers, where are they? but where are your disobedient fathers? Are they not buried in a strange land? Did they not die of those diseases? Were they not consumed with famine and the sword, as...
God's Call to the People to Return to Him and Live in Obedience to His Demands - The Offer of a New Beginning ( Zechariah 1:1-6 ). Zechariah is the prophet of the new beginning, but as is always s...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Zechariah 1:5 . Fathers ] have perished; their fate should warn you. But you may object, the prophets also are dead, and apparently their words died with them. Zechariah...
Zechariah 1:5-6 I. Consider, first, the solemn and yet familiar thought here of the passing away of the hearers and the speakers alike. II. Notice, next, the contrast between the fleeting hearers...
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...
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? The mortality of God’s instruments 1. The mortality of the instruments which God employs for carrying on His cause in the...
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...
A Call to Repentance
2 Peter 3:2-4 ; Acts 13:36 ; Ecclesiastes 1:4 ; Ecclesiastes 12:5 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 ; Hebrews 7:23 ; Hebrews 7:24 ; Hebrews 9:27 ; Job 14:10-12 ; Psalms 90:10
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...
Where are they — But where are your disobedient fathers? Were they not consumed with famine and sword, as I threatened them? Do they live — The prophets died as others; they must not live always to...