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On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yahweh to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,
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God Responds to Obedience
Commentators highlight the specific date of this prophecy. It came just two months after the people obeyed God's command to resume rebuilding the temple. This new word of encouragement and vision for the future is seen as a direct response to, and reward for, their renewed faithfulness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
On the twenty-fourth day - Exactly five months after the building of the temple was resumed (Haggai 2:15), and two months after …
19th Century
Anglican
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS.
Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic la…
16th Century
Protestant
A second prophecy is related here, connected with a vision. At the beginning, God alone spoke and commissioned His prophet to reprove the Jews. He …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month,which is the month Sebat Called Sabat in the Septua…
The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat…
