Zechariah 8:2

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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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...
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...
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

Thus saith , &c. There is. decalogue of prophecies concerning Jerusalem and its inhabitants in this mem ber ("V", see p. 1287). See verses: Zec...
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 f...
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...
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...
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 h...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

I was jealous ] better, 'I am jealous.' The word indicates strong emotion either for or against some object. In this case the context shows it is on...
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, t...
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 ret...
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

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 jealo...
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...
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 Zio...
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 gr...
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. 1 Ag...
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...
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 Zecha...
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 wa...
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,...
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...
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 communi...
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 happ...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Restoration Described
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I was jealous for Zion, rather, I am jealous, for His zeal is that of a husband for the wife of his youth, with great...
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...
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...

² Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 8:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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 8:2