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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:3

Zec 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. Ver. 3. I am returned unto Zion ] After a long absence, as it may seem by the late troubles, and that dismal dispersion, Zechariah 7:14 . God was gone aside and returned to his place, till they should acknowledge their offence and seek his face: In their affliction, said he, they will seek me... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:4

Zec 8:4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. Ver. 4. There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem ] Because the "Ancient of days, the just Lord, is in the midst thereof," Zephaniah 3:5 , and he will give every "good gift and perfect giving," James 1:17 , that is, both temporal and spiritual. The Father of lights will be to his both a sun and a... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:5

Zec 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Ver. 5. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls ] Lads and lasses (as the Hebrew seems to sound), that mind little else but play as if, with leviathan, they had been made to sport, or as those people of Tombutum, in Africa, who are said to spend their whole time in singing and dancing. But this they could not do if the times were troublesome, and the soldier at his bloody... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:6

Zec 8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 6. If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people ] Here the Lord graciously answereth the secret objection of these Jews’ unbelieving and misgiving hearts. It is impossible, thought they, that these promises should ever have their performance; they are sure too good to be true. This is the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:7

Zec 8:7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; Ver. 7. Behold, I will save my people from the east ] This was in part, no doubt, literally meant to be the scattered Jews; and fulfilled also in those 500 years’ time between the captivity and Christ, though stories tell us not when and how; and shall be much more at their much desired conversion. For this is laid down for a general rule, that all evangelical promises made to... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:8

Zec 8:8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. Ver. 8. And I will bring them ] And then they are sure to be brought. For who hath resisted his will? he will breathe life into those dead bones, and flesh shall cover them; he will make up those two sticks into one, and David his servant shall be king over them for ever, Ezekiel 37:24 . And they shall dwell in the midst of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:9

Zec 8:9 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 [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. Ver. 9. Let your hands be strong ] Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us take heart of grace against all occasions of distrust and fear, 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; let us up and be doing, that the Lord may be with us; let us fear... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:10

Zec 8:10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. Ver. 10. For before these days ] sc. During those forty and four years, wherein they ceased from the work, minding only their own houses and managing their own affairs, their labour was unprofitable, their state unquiet through foreign foragers and homebred malcontents. ... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:11

Zec 8:11 But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. Ver. 11. But now I will not be unto the residue, &c. ] Now that the temple is well nigh perfected, and so the cause of my displeasure removed; the matter you see is already well amended, and shall be yet better; for there is a series, a concatenation of God’s mercies, like the links in a chain, every former draws on a future, if we break not the chain by our unthankfulness.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Zechariah 8:12

Zec 8:12 For 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]. Ver. 12. For the seed shall be prosperous ] Or, full and perfect, as the Chaldee hath it; it shall be fruitful and yield a plentiful crop, such as shall every way answer the desire of the husbandman. Instead of your recent scarcity (whereof see Haggai 1:9 , with the... read more

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