Zacarias 1:1

1 No oitavo mês do segundo ano de Dario veio a palavra do Senhor ao profeta Zacarias, filho de Berequias, filho de Ido, dizendo:

Zacarias 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 1:1

In the eighth month
The month Marchesvan, called the month Bul, in ( 1 Kings 6:38 ) which answers to part of our October, and part of November: this was but two months from the first prophecy of Haggai, ( Haggai 1:1 ) and but a few days after his second, ( Haggai 2:1 ) so near were the prophecies of these two prophets together: in the second year of Darius:
king of Persia; not Darius the Mede, but Darius the son of Hystaspes: came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah;
that is, "the word of prophecy from before the Lord", as the Targum paraphrases it; which came to him, either in a dream, or in a vision, or by an impulse on his mind; who is described by his descent, the son of Barachias; mention is made of this name in ( Matthew 23:35 ) . It signifies "the blessed of the Lord", and is the same with Eulogius or Benedictus: the son of Iddo the prophet:
the word "prophet", as Kimchi observes, belongs to Zechariah; not but that his grandfather Iddo might be a prophet too; and the same writer takes notice, that in the Midrash mention is made of Iddo the prophet; and so there is an Iddo that is called the seer and the prophet in ( 2 Chronicles 9:29 ) ( 12:15 ) ( 13:22 ) but whether the same with this is not certain. The name is by some thought to be the same with Firmicus, Statius, Robertus: saying;
as follows:

Zacarias 1:1 In-Context

1 No oitavo mês do segundo ano de Dario veio a palavra do Senhor ao profeta Zacarias, filho de Berequias, filho de Ido, dizendo:

2 O Senhor se irou fortemente contra vossos pais.

3 Portanto dize-lhes: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Tornai-vos para mim, diz o Senhor dos exércitos, e eu me tornarei para vós, diz o Senhor dos exércitos.

4 Não sejais como vossos pais, aos quais clamavam os profetas antigos, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos: Convertei-vos agora dos vossos maus caminhos e das vossas más obras; mas não ouviram, nem me atenderam, diz o Senhor.

5 Vossos pais, onde estão eles? E os profetas, viverão eles para sempre?