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Sin Causes Desolation
Commentators stress that Israel was not a passive victim. The verse says, "they laid the pleasant land desolate." Their own actions—rejecting God's word, neglecting justice, and hardening their hearts—directly provoked God's wrath and brought about their own scattering and the ruin of their homeland. This serves as a stark reminder of the direct consequences of sin.
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Zechariah
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Albert Barnes
On Zechariah 7:14
18th Century
Theologian
But I scattered them - Rather, “And I will scatter them.” The saying continues what God had said that He had said, and which had come to pas…
Charles Ellicott
On Zechariah 7:8–14
19th Century
Bishop
The prophet implies that true fasting is to loose the bands of wickedness and leave off oppression. But Israel had adopted quite the oppos…
Charles Spurgeon
On Zechariah 7:14
19th Century
Preacher
Now, in the next chapter, the prophet goes on to speak not so much of the people's sin as of God's resolve to have mercy upon them. He speaks with …
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John Calvin
On Zechariah 7:14
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet concludes what he had been speaking of God’s vengeance, by which he had fully proved, that the sins of that nation had arrived at …
John Gill
On Zechariah 7:14
17th Century
Pastor
But I scattered them with a whirlwind; Denoting the fierceness of his wrath, and the strength of his fury, seen in their …
Matthew Henry
On Zechariah 7:8–14
17th Century
Minister
God's judgments upon Israel in the past for their sins were written to warn Christians. The duties required are not keeping fasts and offering sacr…