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In the eighth month ,
in the second year of (
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Who was the son of Histaspis .(:
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Darius ,
came the word of the LORD unto This was not the Zechariah ,
of which mention is made in (
2Ch_24
:20 ),
but he had the same name ,
and is called the son of Berechiah ,
as he was ,
because he came of those progenitors ,
as of Joiada or Berechiah ,
and Iddo .
Zechariah ,
the son of Berechiah ,
the son of Iddo the prophet ,
saying ,
The Argument -
Two months after Haggai had begun to prophesy ,
Zechariah was also sent of the Lord to help him in the labour ,
and to confirm the same doctrine .
First therefore ,
he puts them in remembrance for what reason God had so severely punished their fathers :
and yet comforts them if they will truly repent ,
and not abuse this great benefit of God in their deliverance which was a figure of that true deliverance ,
that all the faithful should have from death and sin ,
by Christ .
But because they remained still in their wickedness ,
and lack of desire to set forth God '
s glory ,
and were not yet made better by their long banishment ,
he rebukes them most sharply :
yet for the comfort of the repentant ,
he ever mixes the promise of grace ,
that they might by this means be prepared to receive Christ ,
in whom all should be sanctified to the Lord .
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The LORD hath been (
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He speaks this to make them afraid of God '
s judgments ,
so that they should not provoke him as their fathers had done ,
whom he so grievously punished .(:
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sore displeased with your fathers .
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Therefore say thou unto them ,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; (
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Let your fruits declare that you are God '
s people ,
and that he has wrought in you by his Spirit ,
and mortified you :
for otherwise man has no power to return to God ,
but God must convert him ; (
Jer_31
:18 ;
Lam_5
:21 ) {{
See Isa_31
:6 }}(:
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Turn ye unto me ,
saith the LORD of hosts ,
and I will turn unto you ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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Be ye not as your fathers ,
vnto whome the former prophets haue cried ,
saying ,
Thus sayth the Lord of hostes ,
Turne you nowe from your euill wayes ,
and from your wicked workes :
but they would not heare ,
nor hearken vnto me ,
saith the Lorde .
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Your fathers ,
where (
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Though your fathers are dead ,
yet God '
s judgments in punishing them ought still to be before your eyes :
and though the prophets are dead ,
yet their doctrine remains for ever ; (
2Pe_1
:15 ).(:
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they ?
and the prophets ,
do they live for ever ?
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But my words and my statutes ,
which I commanded my servants the prophets ,
did they not take hold of (
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Seeing you saw the force of my doctrine in punishing your fathers ,
why do you not fear the threatenings contained in the same ,
and declared by my Prophets ?(:
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your fathers ?
and As men astonished with my judgments ,
and not that they were touched with true repentance .
they returned and said ,
Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us ,
according to our ways ,
and according to our doings ,
so hath he dealt with us .