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Zechariah 8:14 KJV
Zechariah · chapter 8 · verse 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:Zechariah 8:14 · King James Version
Zechariah 8:14 in context
12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
13And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
14For 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:
15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thoughtzâmamto plan, usually in a bad senseH2161 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- punishrâʻaʻproperly, to spoilH7489 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- wrathqâtsaphto crack offH7107 →
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God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These verses contain strong encouragements with reference to the difficulties they now laboured under. And we may observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17