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Selected Verse: Zechariah 8:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Zec 8:12 |
Strong Concordance |
For the seed [02233] shall be prosperous [07965]; the vine [01612] shall give [05414] her fruit [06529], and the ground [0776] shall give [05414] her increase [02981], and the heavens [08064] shall give [05414] their dew [02919]; and I will cause the remnant [07611] of this people [05971] to possess [05157] all these things. |
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King James |
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. |
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] |
seed . . . prosperous--that is, shall not fair to yield abundantly (Hos 2:21-22; Hag 2:19). Contrast with this verse Hag 1:6, Hag 1:9-11; Hag 2:16.
dew--especially beneficial in hot countries where rain is rare. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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 Lev 26:4, as the exact contrary was threatened on disobedience Lev 26:20. It had been revived in the midst of promise of spiritual blessing and of the coming of Christ, in Ezekiel Eze 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 Hos 2:21-22, Joel Joe 2:23-25; Joe 3:18, Amos Amo 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" Rev 21:7. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
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].
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].
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 Is the seed [02233] yet in the barn [04035]? yea, as yet the vine [01612], and the fig tree [08384], and the pomegranate [07416], and the olive [02132] tree [06086], hath not brought forth [05375]: from this day [03117] will I bless [01288] you.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], I will hear [06030], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will hear [06030] the heavens [08064], and they shall hear [06030] the earth [0776];
22 And the earth [0776] shall hear [06030] the corn [01715], and the wine [08492], and the oil [03323]; and they shall hear [06030] Jezreel [03157].
7 He that overcometh [3528] shall inherit [2816] all things [3956]; and [2532] I will be [2071] his [846] God [2316], and [2532] he [846] shall be [2071] my [3427] son [5207].
13 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], that the plowman [02790] shall overtake [05066] the reaper [07114], and the treader [01869] of grapes [06025] him that soweth [04900] seed [02233]; and the mountains [02022] shall drop [05197] sweet wine [06071], and all the hills [01389] shall melt [04127].
18 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], that the mountains [02022] shall drop down [05197] new wine [06071], and the hills [01389] shall flow [03212] with milk [02461], and all the rivers [0650] of Judah [03063] shall flow [03212] with waters [04325], and a fountain [04599] shall come forth [03318] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and shall water [08248] the valley [05158] of Shittim [07851].
23 Be glad [01523] then, ye children [01121] of Zion [06726], and rejoice [08055] in the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: for he hath given [05414] you the former rain [04175] moderately [06666], and he will cause to come down [03381] for you the rain [01653], the former rain [04175], and the latter rain [04456] in the first [07223] month.
24 And the floors [01637] shall be full [04390] of wheat [01250], and the fats [03342] shall overflow [07783] with wine [08492] and oil [03323].
25 And I will restore [07999] to you the years [08141] that the locust [0697] hath eaten [0398], the cankerworm [03218], and the caterpiller [02625], and the palmerworm [01501], my great [01419] army [02428] which I sent [07971] among you.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day [03117], I will hear [06030], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], I will hear [06030] the heavens [08064], and they shall hear [06030] the earth [0776];
22 And the earth [0776] shall hear [06030] the corn [01715], and the wine [08492], and the oil [03323]; and they shall hear [06030] Jezreel [03157].
27 And the tree [06086] of the field [07704] shall yield [05414] her fruit [06529], and the earth [0776] shall yield [05414] her increase [02981], and they shall be safe [0983] in their land [0127], and shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have broken [07665] the bands [04133] of their yoke [05923], and delivered [05337] them out of the hand [03027] of those that served [05647] themselves of them.
20 And your strength [03581] shall be spent [08552] in vain [07385]: for your land [0776] shall not yield [05414] her increase [02981], neither shall the trees [06086] of the land [0776] yield [05414] their fruits [06529].
4 Then I will give [05414] you rain [01653] in due season [06256], and the land [0776] shall yield [05414] her increase [02981], and the trees [06086] of the field [07704] shall yield [05414] their fruit [06529].