Zechariah 8:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. ”

• Zechariah 8:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thus saith the Lord of hosts - Jerome: “At each word and sentence, in which good things, for their greatness, almost incredible are promised, the prophet premises, “Thus saith the Lord of hosts,”...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was (a) jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. (a) I loved my city with a singular love, so that I could not endure that any...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Zechariah 8:4 f. A beautiful description of the result of the restoration of peace and safety. During the troublous past Jerusalem had been no place for feeble old age or for children. The sympat...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thus saith , &c. There is. decalogue of prophecies concerning Jerusalem and its inhabitants in this mem ber ("V", see p. 1287). See verses: Zechariah 8:2 ; Zechariah 8:3 ; Zechariah 8:4 ; Ze...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  He then says, that the word of Jehovah came to him; (78) we hence learn, that this was a distinct prophecy. He adds, I have been zealous for Sion (for as we have said, the letter ל, la...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. I was jealous - Some refer this to the Jews themselves. They were as the spouse of...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I was jealous for Zion, &c.— As a husband for his wife. See Ezekiel 16 and Hosea 2 . "I have punished her infidelities with all the severity of despised and abused love; but, though sensible...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy -...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Reiteration of God's Promises concerning Jerusalem The whole chapter is made up of ten short oracles each introduced by the formula, 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts' (except Zechariah 8:3 ). God ha...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I was. — Better, I am in both cases. Here God declares His determination to give expression to His burning love for Zion.

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Truth and Love Must Prevail Zechariah 8:1-17 In his third answer Zechariah dilates on the prosperity awaiting the chosen city. The Lord had returned, to dwell there, and the old men and women w...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The third answer was full of grace. It declared that God was jealous for Zion, that He had returned to it, and that therefore its prosperity was assured, notwithstanding that these people saw only th...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion. With great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord;...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thus saith the Lord of hosts ,.... This prophecy, according to Kimchi and Ben Melech, respects time to come; the days of the Messiah, in the war of Gog and Magog, when they shall come up against Jer...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Ver. 2. I was jealous for Zion ] See Trapp on " Zec 1:14 " Jealous as a hus...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy With great care that she should not, as formerly, sin against my love and her own welfare, and with a great desire to do her good, and rescue her from her...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Positive Answer (vv. 1-17) In this chapter the Lord gives a wonderfully positive answer to the question of Zechariah 7:2 . The positive answer is found only in His own great and effective wo...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517.       1 Again the word of the L ORD of hosts came to me,...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I was; I have been in time past, in days of old before the captivity, and I have been so since the captivity for some years past. Jealous for Zion: properly it is the passion of a lover or husban...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  God Declares His Purposes For His People With Promises of Great Blessing ( Zechariah 8:1-8 ). God now makes a number of declarations through Zechariah in respect of His people. · Firstly, ‘I am j...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] The fate of their fathers urged them to obedience, now the promise of future prosperity. Zechariah 8:2 . Jealous ] Implying warmth of love and zeal. Fury ] Indignation to enem...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Zechariah 8:1-2 . Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. Beca...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Zechariah 8:2 . I was jealous for Zion with great fury, to purge her sins, and with great compassion and special mercy to bring back her children and restore her temple. What other nation, overrun...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem The blessed community of men yet to appear on the earth I. Here is a community specially interesting to the great God. “Again...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Zechariah 8:1-38 § 4. The Lord promises to show his love for Zion, to dwell among his people, and to fill Jerusalem with a happy lace. Zechariah 8:1 Again ; rather, and...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Restoration Described

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ezekiel 36:5 ; Ezekiel 36:6 ; Isaiah 42:13 ; Isaiah 42:14 ; Isaiah 59:17 ; Isaiah 63:15 ; Isaiah 63:4-6 ; Joel 2:18 ; Nahum 1:2 ; Nahum 1:6 ; Psalms 78:58 ; Psalms 78:59 ; Zechariah 1:14...

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• Zechariah 8:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Jealousy — With great care that she should not, as formerly, sin against my love, and her own welfare, and with a great desire to do her good, and to rescue her from her enemies. Fury — With heat o...

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