the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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THE MESSAGE
Zechariah 6:5
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The angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves to the Lord of the whole earth.
The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the eretz.
And the Angel answered and said vnto me, These are the foure spirits of the heauens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said to me, "These are going out to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
The angel replied to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth,
He said, "These are the four spirits of heaven. They have just come from the presence of the Lord of the whole world.
The angel answered me, "These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth,
And the Angell answered, and sayde vnto mee, These are the foure spirites of the heauen, which goe foorth from standing with the Lorde of all the earth.
The angel replied to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,
And the angel answered and said to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth,
And the angel told me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
Then he explained, "These are the four winds of heaven, and now they are going out, after presenting themselves to the Lord of all the earth.
The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky that go out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the land.
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
The angel said, "These are the four winds. They have just come from the Lord of the whole world.
And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, who stand in the presence of the LORD of all the earth.
He answered, "These are the four winds; they have just come from the presence of the Lord of all the earth."
And the angel answered and said to me, "These are the four winds of the heavens going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of Heaven who go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel, answering, said to me, These go out to the four winds of heaven from their place before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said unto me: 'These chariots go forth to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
The angel aunswerd & saide vnto me: These are the foure spirites of the heauen, which be come foorth to stand before the ruler of all the earth.
And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, and they are going forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of the sky, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the aungel aunsweride, and seide to me, These ben foure wyndis of heuene, whiche goen out, that thei stonde bifor the lordschipere of al erthe.
And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four winds of heaven, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said to me, These [are] the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
The messenger replied, "These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered and said to me, "These are four spirits of heaven, who go out from their station before the Lord of all the earth.
The angel replied, "These are the four spirits of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work.
The angel said to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going away from standing before the Lord of All the earth.
The angel answered me, "These are the four winds of heaven going out, after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.
And the messenger answered, and said unto me, - These, are the four winds of the heavens, coming forward after each hath presented itself near the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered, and said to me: These are the four winds of the heaven, which go forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth.
And the angel answered me, "These are going forth to the four winds of heaven, after presenting themselves before the LORD of all the earth.
And the messenger answereth and saith unto me, `These [are] four spirits of the heavens coming forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of the whole earth.
The angel answered, & sayde vnto me: These are the iiij. wyndes of the heauen, which be come forth to stode before the ruler of all ye earth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
These: Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 1:11, Psalms 68:17, Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:4, Ezekiel 1:5-28, Ezekiel 10:9-19, Ezekiel 11:22, Hebrews 1:7, Hebrews 1:14, Revelation 14:6-13
spirits: or, winds, 1 Kings 19:11, Psalms 148:8, Daniel 7:2
go: Zechariah 4:10, 1 Kings 22:19, 2 Chronicles 18:18, 2 Chronicles 18:19, Job 1:6, Job 2:1, Job 2:2, Daniel 7:10, Matthew 18:10, Luke 1:19
the Lord: Zechariah 4:14, Isaiah 54:5
Reciprocal: Joshua 3:11 - the Lord Daniel 9:22 - he informed Micah 4:13 - the Lord of Zechariah 1:9 - the angel Zechariah 3:7 - I will Revelation 1:4 - from the
Cross-References
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God , search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."
He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."
He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, ‘ God doesn't see us. God has forsaken the country.'"
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the angel answered and said unto me,.... In order to grant him his request, and explain the vision of the chariots:
these [are] the four spirits of the heavens; or, "the four winds of the heavens"; the apostles and ministers of the Gospel may be compared to "the winds", because their ministry is the ministration of the Spirit, which is like wind that blows invisibly, powerfully, and where it listeth; and because in and by it the Spirit breathes life and comfort into the souls of men; and because of the powerful efficacy and penetrating nature of the word preached by them, and their swiftness and readiness to do the will of God: angels are called "spirits" or "winds", Psalms 104:3 they are created spirits, and so differ from God; are incorporeal ones, and so differ from men; and are immaterial and immortal, and so die not: they are spiritual subsistences, and spirits of the heavens, or heavenly spirits; heaven being the place of their abode and residence; and they may be compared to "winds", for their invisibility, wonderful penetration into places and things, their very great swiftness, and prodigious power and strength. The Targum paraphrases the words thus,
"these are the four kingdoms, which are as the winds of heaven;''
and so the same are signified by the four winds in Daniel 7:2 to which they may be compared for their swift and forcible carrying all before them, and for their fickleness and changeableness; and to which, the several parts of the world, into which they went, agree:
which go forth, from standing before the Lord of all the earth: so the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel, stood before him in his eternal purposes and decrees from everlasting; and went forth, having their commission from him in time; and were sent by him into the several parts of the world he is the Lord of; and by whom they were filled with gifts, grace, and courage, fitting them for their work. Angels also stand before him, ministering unto him; always behold him; are in his presence, and enjoy his favour; and go forth from him, being sent forth by him on various accounts into all the parts of the world; which Jehovah is the Creator, Upholder, and Governor of: moreover, this is applicable to the four monarchies; these stood before the Lord in his vast and infinite mind; in the secret decrees of it, before the world was; and the sending and going forth of them from him show that they were powers ordained of God, who has the government of the whole world in his hands.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
These are the four spirits of the heavens - They cannot be literal winds: for spirits, not winds, stand before God, as His servants, as in Job, âthe sons of God came to present themselves before the Lordâ (Job 1:6; Job 2:1. This they did, (Jerome), âfor these four kingdoms did nothing without the will of God.â Zechariah sums up in one, what former prophets had said separately of the Assyrian, the Babylonian, Egyptian, Persian. âO Assyria, the rod of Mine anger - I will send him against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My wrath I will give him a chargeâ Isaiah 10:5. âI will send and take all the families of the north, and Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this landâ Jeremiah 25:9. âThe Lord shall hiss for the fly, that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria, and they shall come, and shall rest, all of them, in the desolate valleysâ Isaiah 7:18-19. âI will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalemâ Jeremiah 1:15. Whatever the human impulse or the human means, all stand before the Lord of the whole earth, ministering to His will whose are all things, the Judge of all, who withholdeth the chastisement till the iniquity is full, and then, through manâs injustice, executes His own just judgment. Osorius: âHe says that they went forth from where they had stood before the Lord of the whole earth, to show that their power had been obtained by the counsel of God, that they might serve His will. For no empire was ever set up on earth without the mind, counsel and power of God. He exalts the humble and obscure, He prostrates the lofty, who trust overmuch in themselves, arms one against the other, so that no fraud or pride shall be without punishment.â
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Zechariah 6:5. The four spirits of the heavens — Ministers of God's wrath against the sinful nations of the world.
