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For [there shall be] the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the sky shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
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More Than a Good Harvest
Commentators explain that the promise of agricultural prosperity—fruitful vines, abundant crops, and life-giving dew—is more than just a literal blessing. It serves as a powerful symbol of the deeper spiritual abundance God promises His people. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill suggest that the 'remnant' who inherit these things are ultimately those who believe in Christ, inheriting the spiritual goods of the new covenant.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the seed shall be peace - “Your seed shall be peace and a blessing, so that they will call it ‘a seed of peace.’” The unusual c…
19th Century
Anglican
For the seed ... prosperous. — Compare the Syriac, for the seed shall be peace. Better, as in the margin, Fo…
Baptist
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; …
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16th Century
Protestant
Here Zechariah promises the continuance of God’s favor, which the Jews had now begun to taste. God then had, in part, openly shown that he was a Fa…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For the seed [shall be] prosperous Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas …
Only those who lay their hands to the plough of duty will have them strengthened with the promises of mercy: those who avoid their fathers' faults …
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