Zechariah 8

Zechariah 8:1

THe word] it appeares by ver. 19. that this is a continuation of Gods answer to the question concerning the said Fasts.

Zechariah 8:3

Iam] or I have turned to Sion Of truth] or of loyalty.

Zechariah 8:4

There shall yet] I will blesse the Inhabitants of Jerusalem with peace, health, and long life: A figure of the spirituall blessings of the Church, as Isaiah 65:20; Isaiah 65:22.

Zechariah 8:6

If it be] even after the accomplishment, these things shall seeme incredible and impossible; but nothing is impossible to an omnipotency, Luke 18:27.

Zechariah 8:8

In truth] faithfully performing my promise, which I have made to them in my Covenant, and enlarging my bounty towards them, which is often signified by the word, Righteousnesse. See Hos. 2 20.

Zechariah 8:9

Of the Prophets] Haggai and Zechariah.

Zechariah 8:10

There was] mens and beasts labour was in vaine: by reason of the curse which I laid upon your carelesnesse in restoring my service, Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:10 I set] I suffered the Land to be full of robberies, and enemies incursions.

Zechariah 8:11

But now] seeing you have cheerfully gone on to the re-edifying of my Temple.

Zechariah 8:12

The Seed] I will set downe the true causes and meanes of a true and perfect peace and prosperity; and will cause it to increase and multiply. See Psal. 72. 3.

Zechariah 8:13

A curse] as it were, a formulary of execration, Psal. 102. 8.

Zechariah 8:14

Repented not] I have executed what I had determined, and have not revoked it, before I had brought it perfectly to passe.

Zechariah 8:19

The Fast] this is the principall answer to the question, which was propounded in the former Chapter containing a promise of changing the estate of the Church Of the fourth]appointed for a remembrance of the taking of Jerusalem by the Caldeans, which was in this Moneth, Jeremiah 52:6-7 Of the fifth] for the burning of the Temple, Jeremiah 52:12-13. Zechariah 7:1; Zechariah 7:5.Of the seventh] for the death of Gedaliah, Jeremiah 41:1. Zechariah 7:5 Of the tenth] for the siege laid before Jerusalem, Jeremiah 52:4 Love] if you desire to have these good things come to passe.

Zechariah 8:20

: It shall yet] A Prophecye of the calling of the Gentiles.

Zechariah 8:23

Ten men] A figurative description of the great number of Gentiles, which should come into the Church, which in former times was restrained within the Nation of the Jewes.