Tag: Old Testament Minor Prophets

Zechariah 11 Commentary verses 1-11: Let’s turn our attention to Zechariah 11. We made it all the way through the 10th chapter of this book last time. And yet in some ways I think that the chapter break at the end of Zechariah 10:12 is minorly unfortunate. Because it seems to me that the Lord…

Zechariah 10 Meaning: Let’s turn our attention to Zechariah 10. Last time we finished studying the 9th chapter of this book in which we’re brought from the time of Alexander the Great in the 300s BC… to Jesus’ first coming about 300 years later… all the way to the Millennium which is at some future…

So, this chapter began with an acknowledgement that at some time in the future, the eyes of everyone would be toward the Lord. And then in verse 8 the Lord ends that verse with this enigmatic statement, “For now have I seen with my eyes…” Well, what has he seen? What has the Lord looked…

Zechariah 9 Commentary Verses 9-17: Let’s turn our attention to Zechariah 9. I’d like us to read the ninth chapter of Zechariah in its entirety. [Read Zec 9…] So, this chapter began with an acknowledgement that at some time in the future, the eyes of everyone would be toward the Lord. And then in verse…

Let’s turn our attention to the ninth chapter of the book of Zechariah. This book started out with the Lord offering to turn once again to the exile who had returned from Babylon. If they would turn to him, he promised that he would also turn to them. And it turns out that they did…

Zechariah 8 Bible Study verses 18-23: Let’s turn our attention to Zechariah 8. We’ll be studying verses 18-23 to end this chapter. And what we’ll see in this section is the Lord’s 4th response to the Jews’ question about fasting. Remember that the Jews who came back from Babylon to Jerusalem were curious as to…

Zechariah 8 Commentary Verses 9-17 | Let’s turn our attention to the 8th chapter of the book of Zechariah. This book has started with a call to repentance for the Jews who had returned to Israel after being held captive in Babylon for about 70 years. The Jews apparently did repent and so God promised…