Zacarias 8:9

9 »Así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso:»“¡Cobren ánimo, ustedes,los que en estos días han escuchadolas palabras de los profetas,mientras se echan los cimientospara la reconstruccióndel templo del SEÑOR Todopoderoso!

Zacarias 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 8:9

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Let your hands be strong,
&c.] In going on with the building of the temple, which was typical of the church of God, since so many great and good things were promised by the Lord, ( Haggai 2:4 ) : ye that hear in these days;
such as Zerubbabel the ruler, Joshua the high priest, and the rest of the people of the land: these words by the mouth of the prophets;
that is, these prophecies of future good things, which were delivered by Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi; who were the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the
Lord of hosts was laid;
which was in the second year of Darius, on the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, ( Haggai 2:10 Haggai 2:18 ) : that the temple might be built;
in order to the rebuilding of it, the foundation was laid; and from that time it was to continue building, till it was finished ^F13.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 The true reading of these words, according to the accents, is, "Thus saith the Lord [of hosts:] let your hands be strong, that hear in those days these words: [out of] the prophets, [I say, ye have heard], that, from the day the house of the Lord of hosts shall be founded, the temple [should be continued] to be built." So Reinbeck. De Accent. Heb. p. 453.

Zacarias 8:9 In-Context

7 »Así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso:»“Salvaré a mi pueblode los países de oriente y de occidente.

8 Los haré volverpara que vivan en Jerusalén;ellos serán mi puebloy yo seré su Dios,en la verdad y en la justicia”.

9 »Así dice el SEÑOR Todopoderoso:»“¡Cobren ánimo, ustedes,los que en estos días han escuchadolas palabras de los profetas,mientras se echan los cimientospara la reconstruccióndel templo del SEÑOR Todopoderoso!

10 Porque antes de estos díasni los hombres recibían su jornalni los animales su alimento.Por culpa del enemigotampoco los viajeros tenían seguridad,pues yo puse a la humanidad enteraen contra de sus semejantes.

11 Pero ya no trataré al remanente de este pueblocomo lo hice en el pasado—afirma el SEÑOR Todopoderoso—.