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Selected Verse: Zechariah 1:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 1:3 |
Strong Concordance |
Therefore say [0559] thou unto them, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Turn [07725] ye unto me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and I will turn [07725] unto you, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]. |
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King James |
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
saith the Lord of hosts--a phrase frequent in Haggai and Zechariah, implying God's boundless resources and universal power, so as to inspire the Jews with confidence to work.
Turn ye unto me . . . and I will turn--that is, and then, as the sure consequence, "I will turn unto you" (Mal 3:7; Jam 4:8; compare also Jer 3:12; Eze 18:30; Mic 7:19). Though God hath brought you back from captivity, yet this state will not last long unless ye are really converted. God has heavier scourges ready, and has begun to give symptoms of displeasure [CALVIN]. (Hag 1:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Therefore say thou - Literally, "And thou sayest," that is, this having been so, it follows that thou sayest or must say, "Turn ye unto Me." In some degree they had turned to God, for whose sake they had returned to their land; and again when, after some negligence Hag 1:2-11, they renewed the building of the temple, and God had said, "I am with you" Hag 1:13. But there needed yet a more inward, more complete turning, whereon God promises a yet nearer presence, as Malachi repeats the words Mal 3:7, and James exhorts, "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you" Jam 4:8. Those who have turned to God need ever to turn more into the center of the narrow way. As the soul opens itself more to God, God, whose communication of Himself is ever hindered only by our closing the door of our hearts against Him, enters more into it. "If a man love Me, he will keep My words, and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him" Joh 14:23.
Osorius: "People are said to be converted, when leaving behind them deceitful goods, they give their whole mind to God, bestowing no less pains and zeal on divine things than before on the nothings of life."
Conc. Trid. Sess. vi. c. 5: "When it is said in Holy Scripture, "Turn unto Me and I will turn unto you," we are admonished as to our own freedom; when we answer, "Turn us, Lord, unto Thee, and we shall be turned," we confess that we are forecome by the grace of God." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Turn ye unto me - This shows that they had power to return, if they would but use it.
And I will turn unto you - I will show you mercy and grant you salvation, if you will use the grace I have already given you. Men are lost, because they turn not unto God; but no man is lost because he had not power to return. God gives this, and he will require it. |
6 Ye have sown [02232] much [07235], and bring [0935] in little [04592]; ye eat [0398], but ye have not enough [07654]; ye drink [08354], but ye are not filled with drink [07937]; ye clothe [03847] you, but there is none warm [02527]; and he that earneth wages [07936] earneth wages [07936] to put it into a bag [06872] with holes [05344].
19 He will turn again [07725], he will have compassion [07355] upon us; he will subdue [03533] our iniquities [05771]; and thou wilt cast [07993] all their sins [02403] into the depths [04688] of the sea [03220].
30 Therefore I will judge [08199] you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] according to his ways [01870], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]. Repent [07725], and turn [07725] yourselves from all your transgressions [06588]; so iniquity [05771] shall not be your ruin [04383].
12 Go [01980] and proclaim [07121] these words [01697] toward the north [06828], and say [0559], Return [07725], thou backsliding [04878] Israel [03478], saith [05002] the LORD [03068]; and I will not cause mine anger [06440] to fall [05307] upon you: for I am merciful [02623], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and I will not keep [05201] anger for ever [05769].
8 Draw nigh [1448] to God [2316], and [2532] he will draw nigh [1448] to you [5213]. Cleanse [2511] your hands [5495], ye sinners [268]; and [2532] purify [48] your hearts [2588], ye double minded [1374].
7 Even from the days [03117] of your fathers [01] ye are gone away [05493] from mine ordinances [02706], and have not kept [08104] them. Return [07725] unto me, and I will return [07725] unto you, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]. But ye said [0559], Wherein shall we return [07725]?
23 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], If [1437] a man [5100] love [25] me [3165], he will keep [5083] my [3450] words [3056]: and [2532] my [3450] Father [3962] will love [25] him [846], and [2532] we will come [2064] unto [4314] him [846], and [2532] make [4160] our abode [3438] with [3844] him [846].
8 Draw nigh [1448] to God [2316], and [2532] he will draw nigh [1448] to you [5213]. Cleanse [2511] your hands [5495], ye sinners [268]; and [2532] purify [48] your hearts [2588], ye double minded [1374].
7 Even from the days [03117] of your fathers [01] ye are gone away [05493] from mine ordinances [02706], and have not kept [08104] them. Return [07725] unto me, and I will return [07725] unto you, saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]. But ye said [0559], Wherein shall we return [07725]?
13 Then spake [0559] Haggai [02292] the LORD'S [03068] messenger [04397] in the LORD'S [03068] message [04400] unto the people [05971], saying [0559], I am with you, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
2 Thus speaketh [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], saying [0559], This people [05971] say [0559], The time [06256] is not come [0935], the time [06256] that the LORD'S [03068] house [01004] should be built [01129].
3 Then came the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] by [03027] Haggai [02292] the prophet [05030], saying [0559],
4 Is it time [06256] for you, O ye, to dwell [03427] in your cieled [05603] houses [01004], and this house [01004] lie waste [02720]?
5 Now therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Consider [07760] [03824] your ways [01870].
6 Ye have sown [02232] much [07235], and bring [0935] in little [04592]; ye eat [0398], but ye have not enough [07654]; ye drink [08354], but ye are not filled with drink [07937]; ye clothe [03847] you, but there is none warm [02527]; and he that earneth wages [07936] earneth wages [07936] to put it into a bag [06872] with holes [05344].
7 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Consider [07760] [03824] your ways [01870].
8 Go up [05927] to the mountain [02022], and bring [0935] wood [06086], and build [01129] the house [01004]; and I will take pleasure [07521] in it, and I will be glorified [03513], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
9 Ye looked [06437] for much [07235], and, lo, it came to little [04592]; and when ye brought [0935] it home [01004], I did blow [05301] upon it. Why? saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]. Because [03282] of mine house [01004] that is waste [02720], and ye run [07323] every man [0376] unto his own house [01004].
10 Therefore the heaven [08064] over you is stayed [03607] from dew [02919], and the earth [0776] is stayed [03607] from her fruit [02981].
11 And I called [07121] for a drought [02721] upon the land [0776], and upon the mountains [02022], and upon the corn [01715], and upon the new wine [08492], and upon the oil [03323], and upon that which the ground [0127] bringeth forth [03318], and upon men [0120], and upon cattle [0929], and upon all the labour [03018] of the hands [03709].