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Zechariah 1
Introduction
| 1 | Zechariah exhorts to repentance. |
| 7 | The vision of the horses. |
| 12 | At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem. |
| 18 | The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters. |
Verse 1
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
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- the eighth
- 7, 7:1, Ezra 4:24, 6:15, Haggai 1:1,15, 2:1,10,20
- Zechariah
- Ezra 5:1, Matthew 23:35, Luke 11:51
- Iddo
- Nehemiah 12:4,16
Verse 2
The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.
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- Lord
- 2 Kings 22:16,17,19, 23:26, 2 Chronicles 36:13-20, Ezra 9:6,7,13, Nehemiah 9:26,27, Psalms 60:1, 79:5,6, Jeremiah 44:6, Lamentations 1:12-15, 2:3-5, 3:42-45, 5:7, Ezekiel 22:31, Daniel 9:11,12, Zephaniah 2:1-3, Matthew 23:30-32, Acts 7:52
- sore displeased
- Heb. with displeasure.
Verse 3
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
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- Turn
- Deuteronomy 4:30,31, 30:2-10, 1 Kings 8:47,48, 2 Chronicles 15:4, 30:6-9, Nehemiah 9:28, Isaiah 31:6, 55:6,7, Jeremiah 3:12-14,22, 4:1, 25:5, 35:15, Lamentations 3:39-41, Ezekiel 33:11, Hosea 6:1, 14:1, Joel 2:12, Malachi 3:7, Luke 15:18-20, James 4:8-10, Jeremiah 12:15, 29:12-14, 31:18-20, Hosea 14:4, Micah 7:19,20, Luke 15:21,22
Verse 4
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
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- as
- 2 Chronicles 29:6-10, 30:7, 34:21, Ezra 9:7, Nehemiah 9:16, Psalms 78:8, 106:6,7, Ezekiel 18:14-17, 1 Peter 1:18
- unto
- 7:11-13, 2 Chronicles 24:19-22, 36:15,16, Nehemiah 9:26,30, Isaiah 30:9-11, Jeremiah 6:16,17, 13:16-18, 17:19-23, 25:3-7, 35:15, 36:2,3-10, 44:4,5, Ezekiel 3:7-9, Micah 2:6, Acts 7:51,52, 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16
- Turn
- 3, Isaiah 1:16-19, 31:6, Jeremiah 3:12, 7:3-7, 18:11, Ezekiel 18:30-32, 33:11, Hosea 14:1, Amos 5:13-15,24, Matthew 3:8-10, Acts 3:19, 26:20
- but
- Jeremiah 11:6-8, 13:9,10, 26:5, 36:23,24, 44:16
Verse 5
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
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- Job 14:10-12, Psalms 90:10, Ecclesiastes 1:4, 9:1-3, 12:5,7, Acts 13:36, Hebrews 7:23,24, Hebrews 9:27, 2 Peter 3:2-4
Verse 6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
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- my words
- Isaiah 55:1
- did
- Numbers 23:19, 32:23, 2 Chronicles 36:17-21, Isaiah 44:26, Jeremiah 26:15, 44:28, Ezekiel 12:25-28, Daniel 9:11,12, Matthew 24:35
- take hold of
- or, overtake.
- Deuteronomy 28:15,45, Jeremiah 12:16, Amos 9:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:4
- they returned
- Job 6:29, Malachi 3:18
- Like
- Lamentations 1:18, 2:17, 4:11,12, Ezekiel 37:11
- thought
- Numbers 33:56, Jeremiah 23:20
- according to our ways
- Deuteronomy 28:20, Isaiah 3:8-11, Jeremiah 4:4, 18:8-11, Ezekiel 20:43, Hosea 9:15, 2:6-11
Verse 7
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
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- A. M. 3845. B.C. 519. the eleventh
- Sebat
- Sebat is the Chaldee name of the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year, but the fifth of the civil year, answering to part of January and February.
- A. M. 3845. B.C. 519. the eleventh
Verse 8
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
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- by night
- Genesis 20:3, 1 Kings 3:5, Job 4:13, Daniel 2:19, 7:2,13
- behold
- 13:7, Joshua 5:13, Psalms 45:3,4, Isaiah 63:1-4
- riding
- 6:2-7, Revelation 6:4, 19:19-21
- among
- Song of Solomon 2:16, 6:2, Isaiah 41:19, 55:13, 57:15, Revelation 2:1
- speckled
- or, bay.
- 6:6,7
Verse 9
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
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- what
- 19, 4:4,11, 6:4, Daniel 7:16, 8:15, Revelation 7:13,14
- the angel
- 2:3, 4:5, 5:5, 6:4,5, Genesis 31:11, Daniel 8:16, 9:22,23, 10:11-14, Revelation 17:1-7, 19:9,10, 22:8-16
Verse 10
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
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- the man
- 8,11, 13:7, Genesis 32:24-31, Hosea 12:3-5
- These
- 11, 4:10, 6:5-8, Job 2:1,2, Psalms 103:20,21, Ezekiel 1:5-14, Hebrews 1:14
Verse 11
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
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- they answered
- 8,10, Psalms 68:17, 103:20,21, Matthew 13:41,49, 24:30,31, 25:31, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Revelation 1:1
- We
- 6:7, Daniel 10:20
- is
- 15, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Verse 12
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
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- the angel
- 8,10,11, Exodus 23:20-23, Isaiah 63:9, Hebrews 7:25
- how
- Psalms 74:10, 69:5, 102:13, Isaiah 64:9-12, Revelation 6:10
- thou hast
- 7:5, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Jeremiah 25:11,12, 29:10, Daniel 9:2
Verse 13
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.
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- with good
- 14-16, 2:4-12, 8:2-8,19, Isaiah 40:1,2, Jeremiah 29:10, 30:10-22, 31:3-14, Amos 9:11-15, Zephaniah 3:14-20
Verse 14
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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- the angel
- 9,13, 2:3,4, 4:1
- Cry
- 17, Isaiah 40:1,6
- I am
- 8:2,3, Isaiah 9:7, 38:22, 42:13, 59:17, 63:15, Hosea 11:8, Joel 2:18, Nahum 1:2
Verse 15
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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- 2,11, Isaiah 47:7-9, Jeremiah 48:11-13, Amos 6:1, Revelation 18:7,8
- for
- Isaiah 54:8, Hebrews 12:6,7
- and
- Psalms 69:26, 83:2-5, 137:7, Isaiah 10:5-7, 47:6, Jeremiah 51:24,34,35, Ezekiel 25:3-7,12-17, 26:2, 29:6,7, 25:3-9, 36:4,5, Amos 1:3-13, Obadiah 1:10-16
Verse 16
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
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- I am
- 2:10,11, 8:3, Isaiah 12:1, 54:8-10, Jeremiah 31:22-25, 33:10-12, Ezekiel 37:24-28, 39:25-29, 48:35
- my house
- 4:9, Ezra 6:14,15, Isaiah 44:26-28, Haggai 1:14
- and
- 2:1,2, Job 38:5, Isaiah 34:11, Jeremiah 31:39,40, Ezekiel 40:3, 47:3
Verse 17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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- My cities
- Nehemiah 11:3,20, Psalms 69:35, Isaiah 44:26, 61:4-6, Jeremiah 31:23,24, 32:43,44, Jeremiah 33:13, Ezekiel 36:10,11,33, Amos 9:14, Obadiah 1:20
- prosperity
- Heb. good. the Lord shall.
- Isaiah 40:1,2, 49:13, 51:3,12, 52:9, 54:8, 66:13, Jeremiah 31:13, Zephaniah 3:15-17
- choose
- 2:12, 3:2, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 132:13,14, Isaiah 14:1, 41:8,9, Romans 11:28,29, Ephesians 1:4
Verse 18
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns.
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- lifted
- 2:1, 5:1,5,9, Joshua 5:13, Daniel 8:3
- four
- 2 Kings 15:29, 17:1-6, 18:9-12, 24:1-25, Daniel 2:37-43, 7:3-8, 8:3-14, Daniel 11:28-35
Verse 19
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
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- What
- 9,21, 2:2, 4:11-14, Revelation 7:13,14
- scattered
- 21, 8:14, Ezra 4:1,4,7, 5:3, Jeremiah 50:17,18, Daniel 12:7, Habakkuk 3:14
Verse 20
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
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- four
- 9:12-16, 10:3-5, 12:2-6, Deuteronomy 33:25, Judges 11:16,18, 1 Samuel 12:11, Nehemiah 9:27, Isaiah 54:15-17, Obadiah 1:21, Micah 5:5,6,8,9
Verse 21
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
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- These are the
- 19, Daniel 12:7
- fray
- That is, to terrify, or affright, from the French effrayer.
- which
- Psalms 75:4,5, Lamentations 2:17
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