Zechariah 8:14

As I thought to punish you - (Literally, to do evil to you) “and repented not.” In like way God says in Jeremiah, “I have purposed and will not repent.” Jeremiah 4:28.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish (h) you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not...
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 pl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

punish . bring calamity upon. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet confirms the truth in the preceding verse, when he said that there would be a wholly different lot to the Jews, as they would in ev...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 assu...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

As I thought to punish you As my wisdom saw it to be fit and necessary to punish your nation; and I accordingly did punish it, when your fathers tr...
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 answ...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouraging Prospects. B. C. 517. 9...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As I thought, determined first, then declared my resolution, in my threats and many warnings given, to punish you, Jews, the body of that nation;...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Restoration of God's People Is At Hand ( Zechariah 8:9-17 ). God describes what the land had been like as a result of His forsaking it, but He...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

repented Repentance (Old Testament), Summary: In the Old Testament, repentance is the English word used to translate the Hebrew, nacham, to...
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,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Zechariah 8:9-10 . Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the month of the prophets, whi...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Restoration Described
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, Jeremiah 31:28 , and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Ezekiel 24:14 ; Isaiah 14:24 ; Jeremiah 15:1-6 ; Jeremiah 20:16 ; Jeremiah 31:28 ; Jeremiah 4:28 ; Psalms 33:11 ; Zecha...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I repented not — I did not fail to do it.

¹⁴ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 8:14

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zechariah 8:14