eleven So it had been annulled on that working day, and the sheep traders, who have been watching me, knew that it had been the phrase of your Lord.

oFear not, but elet your fingers be sturdy.” 14 For As a result claims the Lord of hosts: p“As I purposed to carry disaster to you personally Whenever your fathers provoked me read more to wrath, and I did not relent, states the Lord of hosts,

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21 And that i reported, "What are these coming to perform?" He claimed, "they're the horns that scattered Judah, in order that no one elevated his head. And these have arrive at terrify them, to cast down the horns in the nations who lifted up their horns from the land of Judah to scatter it."

Henceforth the kingdom of God on this planet, while not dependent on your home of David, was connected to it by God's selection and determination. In its continuity and energy lay Israel's safety and hope as she confronted a hostile earth.

17 tdo not devise evil inside your hearts in opposition to one another, and ulove no Phony oath, for all this stuff I detest, declares the Lord.” 18 And the phrase of the Lord of hosts arrived to me, saying,

two  For fthe family gods gutter nonsense, along with the diviners see lies; hthey explain to Bogus goals and give empty consolation. as a result ithe men and women wander like sheep; They may be stricken for insufficient a shepherd.

nine  The oracle on the phrase on the Lord is versus the land of Hadrach and gDamascus is its resting put. with the Lord has a watch on mankind and on many of the tribes of Israel,one two  hand on Hamath also, which borders on it, iTyre and iSidon, though jthey are incredibly wise.

God was angry With all the nations of the planet given that they were being at relieve when God’s people endured. In God’s wondering, if the earth is at rest at the expense of His people today, there is not any accurate rest in the slightest degree.

five pThose who get them slaughter them and go unpunished, and people who promote them say, ‘Blessed be the Lord, qI have grown to be prosperous,’ as well as their very own shepherds don't have any pity on them.

3  j“My anger is scorching towards the shepherds, and kI will punish the leaders;one for lthe Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the home of Judah, and can make them like his majestic steed in battle. 4  From him shall occur mthe cornerstone, from him nthe tent peg, from him the struggle bow, from him every ruler—oall of these collectively.

Transgressing these precepts experienced introduced "wrath," when trying to keep them would produce redemption and also to the conversion of fasts into instances of Pleasure and gladness. The point then would be to "appreciate honesty and equity" (8:19). yet again, he ends that has a eyesight of "lots of peoples and mighty nations" recognizing the Lord, and turning to Israel to accompany her from the "try to find the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem" (cf. Isa. 2).

View Chuck Swindoll's chart of Zechariah, which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and essential verses.

Jewish sovereignty had not been restored. A moral reformation from the people today experienced not occurred. Jerusalem was still only partially rebuilt and had no significance among the encompassing nations. beneath the situation, many people concluded that theirs was a “working day of little things” (four:10) during which God was absent from his folks. numerous considered faithful obedience as useless. It looked as if it would make more perception to forget God and also to pursue the top lifetime probable.