Zechariah 8:9 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Zechariah 8:9

7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Behold, ^aI will save My people from the land of the¹ east
And from the land of the¹ west;

8 I will ^abring them back,
And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
^bThey shall be My people
And I will be their God,
^cIn truth and righteousness.’

9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
^a‘Let your hands be strong,
You who have been hearing in these days
These words by the mouth of ^bthe prophets,
Who spoke in ^cthe day the foundation was laid
For the house of the Lord of hosts,
That the temple might be built.

10 For before these days
There were no ^awages for man nor any hire for beast;
There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in;
For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.

11 ^aBut now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,’ says the Lord of hosts.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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All adversities formerly attended them when neglecting to build the temple: but now God promises all blessings, as an encouragement to energy in the work.

hands . . . strong—be of courageous mind (II Samuel 16:21), not merely in building, but in general, as having such bright prospects (Zechariah 8:13, etc.).

these days—the time that had elapsed between the prophet's having spoken "these words" and the time (Zechariah 8:10; compare Haggai 2:15-19) when they set about in earnest restoring the temple.

the prophets—Haggai and Zechariah himself (Ezra 5:1-2). The same prophets who promised prosperity at the foundation of the temple, now promised still greater blessings hereafter.

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