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Selected Verse: Zechariah 8:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 8:10 |
Strong Concordance |
For before [06440] these days [03117] there was [01961] no hire [07939] for man [0120], nor any hire [07939] for beast [0929]; neither was there any peace [07965] to him that went out [03318] or came in [0935] because of the affliction [06862]: for I set [07971] all men [0120] every one [0376] against his neighbour [07453]. |
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King James |
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. |
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] |
before these days--before the time in which ye again proceeded with the building of the temple (Zac 8:9), namely, at the time that the temple lay neglected.
no hire for man . . . beast--that is, no produce of the field to repay the labor of man and beast on it (Hag 1:6, Hag 1:9-10; Hag 2:16).
neither . . . peace to him that went out or came in-- (Ch2 15:5). No one could in safety do his business at home or abroad, in the city or in the country, whether going or returning.
because of the affliction--so sorely pressed were they by the foe outside. MAURER translates, "Because of the foe" (Ezr 4:1).
every one against . . . neighbour--There was internal discord, as well as foes from without. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
There was no hire for man - Literally, "hire for man came not to pass." It was longed for, waited for and came not. So little was the produce, that neither laborer nor beast of burden were employed to gather it in.
Neither was there peace to him who went out or came in because of the affliction, better, of the adversary - In such an empire as the Persian, there was large scope for actual hostility among the petty nations subject to it, so that they did not threaten revolt against itself, or interfere with the payment of tribute, as in the Turkish Empire now, or in the weak government of Greece. At the rebuilding of the walls, after this time, the Samaritans, "Arabians, Ammonites, Ashdodites conspired to fight against Jerusalem," and to "slay them" Neh 4:7-11. They are summed up here in the general title used here, "our adversaries".
For I set - Literally, "and I set." Domestic confusions and strife were added to hostility from without. Nehemiah's reformation was, in part, to stop the grinding usury in time of dearth or to lear the king's taxes, through which men sold lands, vineyards, even their children Neh 5:1-12.
(literally) let them loose, each against his neighbor - in that He left them to their own ways and did not withhold them. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Before these days - For eighteen years together. No hire - No profit by the labour of man or beast, no sowing or planting. Affliction - Distress, and want, through the barrenness, which attended all their labour. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For before these days there was no hire for man - Previously to this, ye had no prosperity; ye had nothing but civil divisions and domestic broils. I abandoned you to your own spirits, and to your own ways. |
1 Now when the adversaries [06862] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144] heard [08085] that the children [01121] of the captivity [01473] builded [01129] the temple [01964] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478];
5 And in those times [06256] there was no peace [07965] to him that went out [03318], nor to him that came in [0935], but great [07227] vexations [04103] were upon all the inhabitants [03427] of the countries [0776].
16 Since those days were, when one came [0935] to an heap [06194] of twenty [06242] measures, there were but ten [06235]: when one came [0935] to the pressfat [03342] for to draw out [02834] fifty [02572] vessels out of the press [06333], there were but twenty [06242].
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].
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].
9 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Let your hands [03027] be strong [02388], ye that hear [08085] in these days [03117] these words [01697] by the mouth [06310] of the prophets [05030], which were in the day [03117] that the foundation [03245] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] was laid [03245], that the temple [01964] might be built [01129].
1 And there was a great [01419] cry [06818] of the people [05971] and of their wives [0802] against their brethren [0251] the Jews [03064].
2 For there were [03426] that said [0559], We, our sons [01121], and our daughters [01323], are many [07227]: therefore we take up [03947] corn [01715] for them, that we may eat [0398], and live [02421].
3 Some also there were [03426] that said [0559], We have mortgaged [06148] our lands [07704], vineyards [03754], and houses [01004], that we might buy [03947] corn [01715], because of the dearth [07458].
4 There were [03426] also that said [0559], We have borrowed [03867] money [03701] for the king's [04428] tribute [04060], and that upon our lands [07704] and vineyards [03754].
5 Yet now our flesh [01320] is as the flesh [01320] of our brethren [0251], our children [01121] as their children [01121]: and, lo, we bring into bondage [03533] our sons [01121] and our daughters [01323] to be servants [05650], and some of our daughters [01323] are [03426] brought unto bondage [03533] already: neither is it in our power [0410] [03027] to redeem them; for other men [0312] have our lands [07704] and vineyards [03754].
6 And I was very [03966] angry [02734] when I heard [08085] their cry [02201] and these words [01697].
7 Then I consulted [04427] with myself [03820], and I rebuked [07378] the nobles [02715], and the rulers [05461], and said [0559] unto them, Ye exact [05378] [05383] [05375] usury [04855], every one [0376] of his brother [0251]. And I set [05414] a great [01419] assembly [06952] against them.
8 And I said [0559] unto them, We after our ability [01767] have redeemed [07069] our brethren [0251] the Jews [03064], which were sold [04376] unto the heathen [01471]; and will ye even sell [04376] your brethren [0251]? or shall they be sold [04376] unto us? Then held they their peace [02790], and found [04672] nothing [01697] to answer.
9 Also I said [0559], It is not good [02896] that [01697] ye do [06213]: ought ye not to walk [03212] in the fear [03374] of our God [0430] because of the reproach [02781] of the heathen [01471] our enemies [0341]?
10 I likewise, and my brethren [0251], and my servants [05288], might exact [05383] of them money [03701] and corn [01715]: I pray you, let us leave off [05800] this usury [04855].
11 Restore [07725], I pray you, to them, even this day [03117], their lands [07704], their vineyards [03754], their oliveyards [02132], and their houses [01004], also the hundredth [03967] part of the money [03701], and of the corn [01715], the wine [08492], and the oil [03323], that ye exact [05383] of them.
12 Then said [0559] they, We will restore [07725] them, and will require [01245] nothing of them; so will we do [06213] as thou sayest [0559]. Then I called [07121] the priests [03548], and took an oath [07650] of them, that they should do [06213] according to this promise [01697].
7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat [05571], and Tobiah [02900], and the Arabians [06163], and the Ammonites [05984], and the Ashdodites [0796], heard [08085] that the walls [02346] of Jerusalem [03389] were made up [0724] [05927], and that the breaches [06555] began [02490] to be stopped [05640], then they were very [03966] wroth [02734],
8 And conspired [07194] all of them together [03162] to come [0935] and to fight [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and to hinder [06213] [08442] it.
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer [06419] unto our God [0430], and set [05975] a watch [04929] against them day [03119] and night [03915], because [06440] of them.
10 And Judah [03063] said [0559], The strength [03581] of the bearers of burdens [05449] is decayed [03782], and there is much [07235] rubbish [06083]; so that we are not able [03201] to build [01129] the wall [02346].
11 And our adversaries [06862] said [0559], They shall not know [03045], neither see [07200], till we come [0935] in the midst [08432] among [08432] them, and slay [02026] them, and cause the work [04399] to cease [07673].