Zechariah 8:18
in Zechariah 8Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
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ASV
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
KJV
And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,
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This verse in Zechariah 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum paraphrases it: here begins a new prophecy, respecting the abrogation of Jewish fasts, and the calling of the Gentiles.
This site's exposition
the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me
on Zechariah 8:18-19
The question that opened chapter 7 finally receives its direct answer: the fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months, each marking a stage of Jerusalem's fall, shall become for Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Pusey counts the four fasts as covering the whole span of the city's destruction, from the siege's start to the governor's murder afterward, so the answer touches every stage of the grief being asked about. The closing charge, therefore love the truth and peace, ties the changed calendar to the same ethic just commanded in verse 16.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 18, 19,.) And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah, joy and gladness, and great solemnities: only love ye truth and peace. LXX: And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying: Thus says the Lord Almighty.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֛י | vayhi | and it came | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֥ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צְבָא֖וֹת | tzevaot | of hosts | H6635 → | 485 times |
| אֵלַ֥י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיְהִ֛יand it came
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֥הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צְבָא֖וֹתof hosts
tzevaotH6635 →485 times
אֵלַ֥יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Zechariah
This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).