14So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-17)We not come to visions and revelations of the Lord; for in that way God chose to speak by Zechariah, to awaken the people’s attention, and to engage their humble reverence of the word and their humble enquiries into it, and to fix it the more in their minds and memories. Most of the following visions seem designed for the comfort of the Jews, now newly returned out of captivity, and their encourag…
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