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Zechariah 8:11

in Zechariah 8

But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.

This verse in Zechariah 8

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
But now I will not be unto the residue of this people,.... The remnant brought out of captivity, settled in the land, and now rebuilding the temple: as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts; when they neglected the house of the Lord, caring only for their own cieled houses, Hag 1:2.

This site's exposition

I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days

on Zechariah 8:11-13

The Lord turns the former days into a named contrast, promising instead a prosperous seed, fruitful vine, generous ground, and dew from heaven, so the remnant now possesses what the earlier years withheld. Verse 13 reverses the very language of the covenant curse, as you were a curse among the nations, so I will save you and you shall be a blessing, deliberately answering the older warnings with their opposite. Wesley reads the double command, fear not and let your hands be strong, as bracketing the whole promise, courage grounded in a stated reversal rather than in wishful hope.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah · Written before 420.

proposed

(Verse 11, 12): But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of hosts. For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. LXX: And now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Almighty Lord; but I will show peace.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

God will not proceed in his controversy with them; I will not be to them as in the former days. Note, It is with us well or ill according as God is to us; for every creature is that to us which he makes it to be.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

And now - The words imply a contrast of God’s dealings, rather than a contrast of time. “I am not to the remnant of this people.” He had said, “I will be to them God;” so now He does not say that He will not do to them, “as in former days,” but “I am not to the remnant” of this people as heretofore. He would be, as tie was in Jesus, in a new relation to them.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The same prophets who promised prosperity at the foundation of the temple, now promised still greater blessings hereafter.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַתָּ֗הand now

    veatahH6258

  • לֹ֣אnot

    lo'H38085168 times

  • כַיָּמִ֤יםlike the days

    khaiyamimH31172304 times

  • הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים֙<the> former

    harishonimH7223182 times

  • אֲנִ֔יI

    ʾaniH589874 times

  • לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית[will be] to [the] remnant of

    lisheritH761166 times

  • הָעָ֣םthe people

    haamH59711873 times

  • הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this

    hazehH20881180 times

  • נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of

    neumH5002376 times

  • יְהוָ֥הYahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • צְבָאֽוֹת׃of hosts

    tzevaotH6635485 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 12:1

    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 30:5

      For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 54:8

      In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.

    • Isaiah 25:1

      O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You; I will praise Your name. For You have worked wonders—plans formed long ago—in perfect faithfulness.

  • Through

    Haggai 2:19

    Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”

    it leads to

    • Malachi 3:10

      Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…

    • Habakkuk 3:17–18

      Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold…

    • Proverbs 3:9–10

      Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

    • Matthew 6:33

      But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

  • Through

    Psalms 103:9

    He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 57:16

      For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.