Zechariah 8:7

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;

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 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.

6 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Even though it seems impossible to the remnant of this people in these days, should it also seem impossible to me, says the Lord of hosts?

7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;

8 and I will bring them to live in Jerusalem. They shall be my people and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.

9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong—you that have recently been hearing these words from the mouths of the prophets who were present when the foundation was laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of hosts.