Charles Spurgeon Commentary Zechariah 8:12

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Zechariah 8:12

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Zechariah 8:12

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"For [there shall be] the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things." — Zechariah 8:12 (ASV)

The vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase,

Happy are the hearts that are like fruitful vines, and good and fertile ground yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold increase.

And the heavens shall give their dew;

We cannot bring forth fruit to God without the bedewing influences of the Holy Spirit. This is that womb of the morning of which David speaks in Psalm 110:3, and out of which the precious fruit of the Spirit must come.

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.

God can turn our estate as easily as a man turns his hand. "The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
can give us day for night." As the wheel revolves, so can the whole fortune of a man change speedily under the kind hand of God.

For the seed shall be prosperous;

It is a favorable sign for a church when the Word preached is with power.