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**the LORD of hosts.** See note on [Zechariah 1:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/1/3) .
**to me** . Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read these words in the text.

**Thus saith** , &c. There is a decalogue of prophecies concerning Jerusalem and its inhabitants in this mem ber ("V", see p. 1287). See verses: [Zechariah 8:2](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/2) , [Zechariah 8:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/3) , [Zechariah 8:4](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/4) , [Zechariah 2:6](../../../kjv/zechariah/2/6) , [Zechariah 2:7](../../../kjv/zechariah/2/7) , [Zechariah 2:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/2/9) , Zec 2:14 , Zec 2:19 , Zec 2:20 , Zec 2:23 . All refer to the future, and await their fulfilment in millennial days.
**saith** = hath said.
**was** = I was and still am.

**the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah* . App-4 .
**will dwell in the midst,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 29:45](../../../kjv/exodus/29/45) ). App-92 .
**a city of truth** = a city of fidelity.
**truth** = the truth. Compare [Isaiah 1:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/21) , [Isaiah 1:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/26) .
**the holy mountain.** Compare [Isaiah 2:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/2) .[Jeremiah 31:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/23) .[Ezekiel 40:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/2) .[Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1) .
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .

**yet.** In the days of the future fulfilment.
**dwell** = sit.
**streets** = broad or open places.
**every man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**for very age** = for multitude of days.

**the remnant.** The exiles who had then returned. Compare [Haggai 1:12](../../../kjv/haggai/1/12) , [Haggai 1:14](../../../kjv/haggai/1/14) .
**should it also be marvellous** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 18:14](../../../kjv/genesis/18/14) , where the verb is the same). App-92 .
**Mine eyes.** Add by Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ), from preceding clause: "[in those future days]" of which He was speaking.
**saith the LORD of hosts** = [is] the oracle of Jehovah of hosts.

**Behold, I will** , &c. = Behold Me saving, &c. from the east country, &a Compare [Isaiah 43:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/43/5) . Note the Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), App-6 , for the whole earth, See [Psalms 50:1](../../../kjv/psalms/50/1) ; [Psalms 113:3](../../../kjv/psalms/113/3) .[Isaiah 59:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/19) . [Malachi 1:11](../../../kjv/malachi/1/11) , &c.

**they shall be,** &c. Ref to Pentateuch ([Exodus 6:7](../../../kjv/exodus/6/7) ). App-92 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim* . App-4 .

**the prophets** . See [Haggai 1:6-11](../../../kjv/haggai/1/6-11) ; [Haggai 2:15-19](../../../kjv/haggai/2/15-19) .
**in the day that** : i.e. two years before ([Haggai 1:14](../../../kjv/haggai/1/14) , [Haggai 1:15](../../../kjv/haggai/1/15) ; [Haggai 2:18](../../../kjv/haggai/2/18) . Compare [Ezra 5:1](../../../kjv/ezra/5/1) ). App-18 .
**that the temple** = even the temple, that is.

**these** = those.
**hire** = wages.
**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .
**men.** Hebrew. *'adam:.* App-14 .
**every one.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**set** = sent.

**now.** In contrast with the former days.

**the seed shall be** , &c. Ref to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:3-12](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/3-12) ). App-92 .
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndefon* ( App-6 ). combined with Figure of speech *Anabasis* ( App-6 ),
**ground** = earth.
**shall give, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/4) , [Leviticus 26:20](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/20) . [Deuteronomy 11:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/17) . App-92 . Compare [Psalms 67:6](../../../kjv/psalms/67/6) ; [Psalms 78:46](../../../kjv/psalms/78/46) ; [Psalms 85:12](../../../kjv/psalms/85/12) .[Ezekiel 34:27](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/27) .

**as** = according as.
**heathen** = nations.
**house of Israel.** Looking on to the future fulfilment, which rests on the condition of [Zechariah 8:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/8) .
**ye shall be a blessing** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 12:2](../../../kjv/genesis/12/2) ). App-92 .

**punish** = bring calamity upon. Hebrew. *ra'a.* App-44 .

**Speak** , &c. Compare [Zechariah 8:19](../../../kjv/zechariah/8/19) ; [Zechariah 7:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/7/9) .
**every man** . Hebrew ' *ish* . App-14 .
**execute** , &c. See note on [Zechariah 7:9](../../../kjv/zechariah/7/9) .

**evil.** Hebrew. *ra a '.* App-44
**love no false oath.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 6:3](../../../kjv/leviticus/6/3) ; [Leviticus 19:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/12) ). all these are things that I hate. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "all these things do I hate".

**saith** = hath said.
**the fourth month.** The ninth of Tammuz ([Jeremiah 52:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/6) , [Jeremiah 52:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/7) ), when the city was broken up; hence called "the fourth fast".
**the fifth.** On the tenth of Ab, when the Temple and the houses were burnt ([Jeremiah 52:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/12) , [Jeremiah 52:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/13) ).
**the seventh.** The third of Tisri, when Gedaliah was slain by Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah ([Jeremiah 40:8](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/8) ; [Jeremiah 41:1-3](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/1-3) , [Jeremiah 41:15-18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/15-18) ).
**the tenth.** On the tenth of Tebeth, when the king of Babylon set his face against Jerusalem ([Ezekiel 24:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/1) , [Ezekiel 24:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/2) ). So *The Talmud, Rosh Hashanah,* vol. 18 B.
**feasts** = appointed seasons. These fasts were appointed by man. The feasts were "feasts of Jehovah" because appointed by Him. Ref: to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 23:2-44](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/2-44) ), App-92 . Compare [Zephaniah 3:17](../../../kjv/zephaniah/3/17) .

**people** = peoples. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "many peoples".

**Let us go speedily.** Figure of speech *Polyptolon.* App-6 . Hebrew a going, let us go = Let us by all means go: or, speedily, as in Authorized Version. See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) . Compare [Isaiah 2:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/3) .[Micah 4:2](../../../kjv/micah/4/2) .
**to pray** , &c. See note on [Zechariah 7:2](../../../kjv/zechariah/7/2) . the LORD, &c. Hebrew (with *'eth* ) = Jehovah of hosts Himself.

**those days** . The fulfilment of this still future.
**men** . Hebrew, plural *of enosh.* App-14 .
**you** : i.e. with God's People Israel.
**that.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "that" in the text. Supply the Ellipsis (will be the time] that. "

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