Zechariah 8:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. ”

Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He repeats and confirms the same thing by another representation — that boys and girls would play in the streets and on the public roads, which could not be during the troublous time of war; fo...
Zechariah 8:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1249 THE RESTORATION OF THE JEWS Zechariah 8:3-8 . Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem, shall be called a city of tru...
Zechariah 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls - The progeny shall be numerous, healthy, and happy...
Zechariah 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing - implying security and a numer...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(4-5) This promise may well be regarded as having been fulfilled to the letter in the days of Simon the Maccabee (1Ma. 14:4-15), when “the ancient men sat in all the streets... and the young men put...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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;...
Zechariah 8:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CITY AND THE CHILD ‘And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.’ Zechariah 8:5 According to the prophet’s interpretation of the City of Go...
Zechariah 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls ,.... Denoting a large increase of inhabitants, in a literal sense; and may spiritually signify the large numbers of converts, of new born...
Zechariah 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Ver. 5. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls ] Lads and lasses (as the Hebrew see...
Zechariah 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There shall yet old men, &c., dwell in Jerusalem Namely, both at this time and afterward. Formerly war, or famine, or pestilence, or wasting diseases cut off men and women before they grew to o...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517. 1 Again the word of the L ORD of hosts came to me,...
Zechariah 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The streets; every street. Shall be full of boys and girls; have many young ones healthful, strong, brisk, and lively, the present joy and future hope of all; so will I fulfil the promise of mult...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 I. Learn from the text that God thinks about boys and girls, and notices what they do. II. Learn that God allows boys and girls to play. (1) Play suits the age of boys and girls. (2...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - 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...
Zechariah 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Restoration Described
Zechariah 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 30:19 ; Jeremiah 30:20 ; Jeremiah 31:27 ; Jeremiah 33:11 ; Lamentations 2:19 ; Matthew 11:16 ; Matthew 11:17 ; Psalms 128:3 ; Psalms 128:4 ; Psalms 144:12-15 ; Zechariah 2:4

Zechariah 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Zechariah 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Zechariah 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Zechariah 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Zechariah 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zechariah 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge