Zacarias 8:4

4 Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: “Homens e mulheres de idade avançada voltarão a sentar-se nas praças de Jerusalém, cada um com sua bengala, por causa da idade.

Zacarias 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 8:4

Thus saith the Lord of hosts
These words are used at every consolatory promise given, as Kimchi observes, for the confirmation of it: there shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of
Jerusalem;
signifying that the inhabitants should be very healthful; no sweeping disease or calamity should be among them, but they should live to a good old age, as follows: and every man with his staff in his hand for very age;
or "because of multitude of days" ^F9; the length of time they should have lived in the world, being worn out, not with diseases, but with old age, and therefore obliged to use a staff when they walk the streets for their support; all which is an emblem of the healthfulness of the inhabitants of Zion, who have no reason to complain of sickness, because their sins are forgiven them; and of that spiritual and eternal life, which they that are written among the living in Jerusalem do enjoy; who are in understanding men, fathers in Christ, and are growing up to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ; see ( Isaiah 65:20 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mymy brm) "prae multitudine dierum", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Cocceius, Burkius.

Zacarias 8:4 In-Context

2 Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: “Tenho muito ciúme de Sião; estou me consumindo de ciúmes por ela”.

3 Assim diz o SENHOR: “Estou voltando para Sião e habitarei em Jerusalém. Então Jerusalém será chamada Cidade da Verdade, e o monte do SENHOR dos Exércitos será chamado monte Sagrado”.

4 Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos: “Homens e mulheres de idade avançada voltarão a sentar-se nas praças de Jerusalém, cada um com sua bengala, por causa da idade.

5 As ruas da cidade ficarão cheias de meninos e meninas brincando.

6 “Mesmo que isso pareça impossível para o remanescente deste povo naquela época, será impossível para mim?”, declara o SENHOR dos Exércitos.