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96681 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 914.6 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Proverbs 7:2 ), to keep his law as the apple of their eye. Some understand it thus: “ He that touches you touches the apple of his own eye; whoever do you any injury will …
96682 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 914.7 (Matthew Henry)
Here is, I. Joy proclaimed to the church of God, to the daughter of Zion, that had separated herself from the daughter of Babylon. The Jews that had returned were …
96683 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 915.2 (Matthew Henry)
… , Hebrews 7:28. And, as to both, we have relief from Jesus Christ, who is made of God to us both righteousness and sanctification .
96684 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 915.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , 3:7. The angel of the Lord, having taken care to make him fit for his office (and all that God calls to any office he either finds fit or makes so), invests him in it …
96685 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 915.7 (Matthew Henry)
… 71:7; I am as a wonder unto many. They are men of wonder; they are a wonder to themselves, are amazed to think how happily their condition is altered. God’s people …
96686 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 916.7 (Matthew Henry)
… 4:7 ): Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain. See here, (1.) How the difficulty is represented; it is a great mountain, impassable …
96687 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 916.8 (Matthew Henry)
… 4:7 ); and again ( Zechariah 4:9 ), The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, be it spoken to his honour (perhaps with his own hands he laid the first …
96688 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 916.12 (Matthew Henry)
7. This shall highly magnify the wisdom and care of God’s providence, which is always employed for the good of his church. Zerubbabel does his part, does as much …
96689 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 917.7 (Matthew Henry)
3. The enforcing of this curse, and the equity of it: I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, Zechariah 5:4. He that pronounces the sentence will take care …
96690 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.2 (Matthew Henry)
… Daniel 7:2; where Daniel saw, in vision, the four winds of the heavens striving upon the great sea, representing the four monarchies. The Babylonian monarchy …
96691 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.3 (Matthew Henry)
… abounds. 7. That the common general aspect of providence is mixed and compounded. The grizzled and bay horses were both in the fourth chariot ( Zechariah 6:3 …
96692 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.5 (Matthew Henry)
… , Acts 7:45 )-- Joshua the chief captain, a type of Christ the captain of our salvation, and Joshua the chief priest, a type of Christ the high priest of our profession …
96693 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.7 (Matthew Henry)
1. That God will, in the fulness of time, raise up a great high priest, like Joshua. Tell Joshua that he is but the figure of one that is to come, a faint shadow of him …
96694 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.12 (Matthew Henry)
… , Ezra 7:19, 7:20. And, in after-times, Herod the Great, and others that were strangers, helped to beautify and enrich the temple. But it has a further reference to that …
96695 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 918.13 (Matthew Henry)
7. That the accomplishment of this will be a strong confir f69 mation of the truth of God’s word: You shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me unto you. That …
96696 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 919.1 (Matthew Henry)
… , Zechariah 7:4-7:7. 2. He exhorts them to reform their lives, which would be the best way of fasting, and to take heed of those sins which brought those judgments …
96697 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 919.2 (Matthew Henry)
… ( Zechariah 7:1 ), in the ninth month of the fourth year of Darius, with the date of that ( Zechariah 1:1 ), in the eighth month of the second year of Darius; not that Zechariah …
96698 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 919.3 (Matthew Henry)
… , Zechariah 7:5. But, as to that, the answer given to the messengers of the captive Jews might be directed, not to them only, but to all the people. Observe,
96699 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 919.5 (Matthew Henry)
… 56:7. In prayer we must set ourselves as before the Lord, must see his eye upon us and have our eye up to him. (2.) To enquire of God concerning his mind. Note, When we offer …
96700 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 919.6 (Matthew Henry)
… 2:7. Note, Those that would know God’s mind should consult God’s ministers, and in doubtful cases ask advice of those whose special business it is to search …