Zechariah 8:12

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁹This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. ¹⁰For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. ¹¹But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past," declares the LORD of Hosts. ¹²"For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.¹³As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong." ¹⁴For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent," says the LORD of Hosts, ¹⁵"so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. ¹⁶These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound decisions in your gates, ¹⁷do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all these things," declares the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
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the seed: Genesis 26:12, Leviticus 26:4, Leviticus 26:5, Deuteronomy 28:4-12, Psalms 67:6, Psalms 67:7, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Isaiah 30:23, Ezekiel 34:26, Ezekiel 34:27, Ezekiel 36:30, Hosea 2:21-23, Joel 2:22, Amos 9:13-15, Haggai 2:19

prosperous: Heb. of peace, Psalms 72:3, James 3:18

the heavens: Genesis 27:28, Deuteronomy 32:2, Deuteronomy 33:13, Deuteronomy 33:28, 1 Kings 17:1, Proverbs 19:12, Hosea 14:5, Haggai 1:10

the remnant: Zechariah 8:6, Micah 4:6, Micah 4:7, 1 Corinthians 3:21

to possess: Isaiah 61:7, Ezekiel 36:12, Obadiah 1:17-20, Matthew 6:33

Reciprocal: Ezra 9:8 - a remnant Psalms 107:37 - which may Ecclesiastes 11:6 - thou knowest Isaiah 26:19 - thy dew Ezekiel 36:9 - General Hosea 14:7 - grow Haggai 2:18 - even Malachi 3:11 - neither

Cross-References

Genesis 8:2
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Genesis 8:3
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Genesis 8:5
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

Genesis 8:6
After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:10
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.

Psalms 27:14
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!

Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

Isaiah 25:9
And in that day it will be said, "Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the seed [shall be] prosperous,.... Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas before, though they sowed much, it came to little, Haggai 1:6:

the vine shall give her fruit; be loaded with clusters, and produce large quantities of wine; whereas before there was a drought upon the new wine; and where there were wont to be had fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty, Haggai 1:11:

and the ground shall give her increase; as usual, meaning of wheat and barley; whereas before there was a drought upon the corn, and where there used to be a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten, Haggai 1:11:

and the heavens shall give their dew; which makes the earth fruitful; whereas before the heaven over them was stayed from dew, and instead of it were blasting, mildew, and hail, Haggai 1:10:

and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things]; as a symbol of better things inherited by the remnant according to the election of grace; and who have the promise both of this life and that to come; and who, seeking in the first place spiritual things, have all others added to them, convenient for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the seed shall be peace - ^o“Your seed shall be peace and a blessing, so that they will call it ‘a seed of peace.’” The unusual construction is perhaps adopted, in order to suggest a further meaning. It is a reversal of the condition, just spoken of, when there was “no peace to him that went, or to him that returned.”

The vine shall give her fruit and the ground shall give her increase - The old promise in the law on obedience Leviticus 26:4, as the exact contrary was threatened on disobedience Leviticus 26:20. It had been revived in the midst of promise of spiritual blessing and of the coming of Christ, in Ezekiel Ezekiel 34:27. Ribera: “By the metaphor of sensible things he explains (as the prophets often do) the abundance of spiritual good in the time of the new law, as did Hosea Hosea 2:21-22, Joel Joel 2:23-25; Joel 3:18, Amos Amos 9:13, and many others.” “And I will cause the remnant of the people to inherit.” Ribera: “As if he said, I promised these things not to you who live now, but to the future remnant of your people, that is, those who shall believe in Christ and shall be saved, while the rest perish. These shall possess these spiritual goods, which I promise now, under the image of temporal.” As our Lord said, “He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he shall be My son” Revelation 21:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 8:12. For the seed shall be prosperous — Ye shall be a holy and peaceable people; and God will pour down his blessing on yourselves, your fields, and your vineyards.