Zechariah 8:7

7 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: I'm about to deliver my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.

Zechariah 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 8:7

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold
As being something wonderful, of great importance, and deserving attention: I will save my people from the east country, and from the west
country;
this can not be understood of bringing those Jews that remained in Babylon, and other places, to their own land, for Babylon lay north of Judea; see ( Zechariah 6:6 Zechariah 6:8 ) , and as yet there were no Jews in the western part of the world; but now they are chiefly in the east and west, from whence they will be gathered at the time of their general conversion; though this may refer to the times of the apostles of Christ, and to their ministry in the several parts of the world, who went forth, east, west, north, and south, and were the means and instruments of saving the Lord's people, both Jews and Gentiles, wherever they came, from the rising of the sun, to the setting of the same; see ( Malachi 1:11 ) ( Matthew 8:11 ) .

Zechariah 8:7 In-Context

5 The city will be full of boys and girls playing in its plazas.

6 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Even though it may seem to be a miracle for the few remaining among this people in these days, should it seem to be a miracle for me? says the LORD of heavenly forces.

7 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: I'm about to deliver my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.

8 I'll bring them back so they will dwell in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God—in truth and in righteousness.

9 The LORD of heavenly forces proclaims: Be strong, you who are now hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets spoken on the day when the foundations for the house of the LORD of heavenly forces were laid.