“ Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, ”
Zechariah 7:1-7 f. The original account of the question about the fasting and Zechariah's answer has been considerably amplified by the insertion of other prophecies, probably later compositions,...
Here the Prophet tells us that he was sent to the people and to the priests, not so much to teach the messengers who came from distant lands, as to correct the vices of his own nation; for the...
DISCOURSE: 1248 OUTWARD SERVICES VAIN WITHOUT OBEDIENCE Zechariah 7:4-7 . Then came the word of the Lord of Hosts unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, sayi...
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
Warnings From the Past Chs.7 and 8 go together, and were spoken on a date (fourth day of the ninth month in the fourth year of Darius) two years later than the series of visions described above, v...
(4-7) The people (as in Isaiah 58:3-8 ) are rebuked for the hypocritical, or merely formal, nature of their fasts. The prophet does not, even further on, give any direct answer to their inquiry. He...
Zechariah 8:1-23 "THE SEED OF PEACE" Zechariah 7:1-14 ; Zechariah 8:1-23 THE Visions have revealed the removal of the guilt of the land, the restoration of Israel to their standing before...
the Penalty of Injustice and Cruelty Zechariah 7:1-14 During their captivity the Jews observed four feasts. That of the 10th month recalled the first enclosure of Jerusalem by the enemies' line...
The third message of Zechariah was uttered nearly two years later. It was a fourfold answer to an inquiry made by the people concerning the necessity for observing certain fasts. The history of thes...
When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer, and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the p...
Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying. Upon the sending of this embassy, and upon putting this question.
Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, Ver. 4. Then came the word of the Lord of hosts ] This is often prefaced, for authority's sake; and to procure audience and reverence. The...
Then came the word of the Lord unto me When these men had proposed their case, and were expecting the priests' answer, God commissioned his prophet to give them the answer contained in the subseque...
A Question Answered Negatively (vv. 1-7) The visions and prophecies of the first six Chapter s are connected with the eighth month of the second year of the reign of Darius ( Zechariah 1:1 ). It...
An Enquiry Concerning Fasting; Hypocrisy Reproved. B. C. 520. 1 And it came to pass in t...
Then, when these men had proposed their case, and expected the priests answer, came the word of the Lord; an answer from God, which follows in the 7th and 8th Chapter s of this book at large.
Questions About Fasting ( Zechariah 7:1-6 ). There may be a contrast intended here between those who had come from Babylon seeking news about the Branch, bringing gold and silver for his crown, wh...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The Didactic part. Replies to questions relative to fasts observed by the Jews, but which they supposed no longer binding after restoration to prosperity. Fourth ] Two years, near...
Zechariah 7:1 . And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; God's prophets were no...
Zechariah 7:1 . In the fourth year of Darius Hystaspes, in the ninth month, the end of November, a deputation went from Babylon to Jerusalem, a long journey in the beginning of winter, to enquir...
Did ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me? Rebuke of mere ceremonies God had, through successive ages, exhorted the Jews to true repentance, and condemned their dissimulation, that they might not...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-8:23 Part II . THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION CONCERNING THE OBSERVANCE OF CERTAIN FASTS . Zechariah 7:1-38 § 1. A deputation comes from Bethel to ask...
The Question Proposed
Isaiah 10:16