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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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Albert Barnes
On Zechariah 8:12
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Zechariah 8:12
19th Century
Bishop
For the seed ... prosperous. — Compare the Syriac, for the seed shall be peace. Better, as in the margin, Fo…
Charles Spurgeon
On Zechariah 8:12
19th Century
Preacher
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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John Calvin
On Zechariah 8:12
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Zechariah 8:12
17th Century
Pastor
For the seed [shall be] prosperous
Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas …
Matthew Henry
On Zechariah 8:9–17
17th Century
Minister
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 …