Zacarias 1:17

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

Clama outra vez, dizendo: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exrcitos: As minhas cidades ainda aumentaro e prosperaro; porque o SENHOR ainda consolar a Sio e ainda escolher a Jerusalm.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Clama outra vez, dizendo: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exrcitos: As minhas cidades ainda aumentaro e prosperaro; porque o SENHOR ainda consolar a Sio e ainda escolher a Jerusalm.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Clama outra vez, dizendo: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exrcitos: As minhas cidades ainda transbordaro de bens; o SENHOR ainda consolar a Sio e ainda escolher a Jerusalm.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My cities: Nehemiah 11:3, Nehemiah 11:20, Psalms 69:35, Isaiah 44:26, Isaiah 61:4-6, Jeremiah 31:23, Jeremiah 31:24, Jeremiah 32:43, Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, Ezekiel 36:10, Ezekiel 36:11, Ezekiel 36:33, Amos 9:14, Obadiah 1:20

prosperity: Heb. good

the Lord shall: Isaiah 40:1, Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 49:13, Isaiah 51:3, Isaiah 51:12, Isaiah 52:9, Isaiah 54:8, Isaiah 66:13, Jeremiah 31:13, Zephaniah 3:15-17

choose: Zechariah 2:12, Zechariah 3:2, 2 Chronicles 6:6, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 41:9, Romans 11:28, Romans 11:29, Ephesians 1:4

Reciprocal: Psalms 125:1 - be as mount Isaiah 30:19 - dwell Jeremiah 33:7 - and will Ezekiel 38:12 - the desolate Zechariah 1:14 - Cry Zechariah 2:4 - Jerusalem

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cry yet, saying,.... That is, "prophesy again", as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all:

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; or, according to the Targum, "the cities of my people shall be yet filled with good"; and so the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, "my cities shall yet flow with good things"; with all temporal prosperity and happiness; which was fulfilled in the times of Nehemiah, Zerubbabel, and the Maccabees; and especially in the times of the Messiah, when, in a spiritual sense, they were filled with good; with him who is goodness itself, and with all blessings of grace in him; and with the good news and glad tidings of the everlasting Gospel preached by him and his apostles; or, the meaning is, through the increase of men, and the affluence of all temporal mercies, not only the city of Jerusalem, but other cities of Judea, called the Lord's, because of his peculiar regard unto them, should be enlarged, and be spread here and there; or rather, abound with plenty of all good things, as the word in the Arabic w language signifies:

and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem; for his habitation, building again the city and temple in it: according to Capellus, though the temple was finished in the sixth year of Darius, Ezra 6:15 yet the rebuilding of Jerusalem was not till seventy years after; namely, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes Longimanus, in which Nehemiah was sent to rebuild it, Nehemiah 2:1 for Darius reigned thirty six years; Xerxes, who succeeded him, reigned twenty years; and in the twentieth of Artaxerxes the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt by Nehemiah; so that from the finishing of the temple are to be reckoned thirty years of the remainder of the reign of Darius, twenty years of Xerxes, and as many of Artaxerxes; and he observes that the seventieth number thrice occurs in the restoration of the Jews, not without mystery, as it should seem: from the Babylonish captivity under Jeconiah, to the putting an end to it by Cyrus, were seventy years; from the taking of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple under Zedekiah, to the rebuilding of it under Darius Hystaspis, were also seventy years; then from the rebuilding of the temple to the rebuilding of Jerusalem under Artaxerxes Longimanus were likewise seventy years; so that the walls of Jerusalem lay in ruins twice seventy years, that is, one hundred and forty years; and it may be further observed, that from the decree granted to Nehemiah in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes, seven weeks, or forty nine years, are allowed in Daniel's prophecy for the finishing that event; namely, the building again the walls and streets of Jerusalem in troublesome times, Daniel 9:25 which carries the completion of this affair so many years further; which, when effected, would be a comfort to Zion, the inhabitants of it, and all that wished well unto it; and be a proof and evidence of God's choice of it for his worship and service; and, especially, this was fulfilled by bringing into Jerusalem, and the temple there, the messenger of the covenant, the Messiah, the Consolation of Israel; and this may have a further reference to the latter day, when the people of the Jews shall be converted, and all Israel shall be saved; which will be the consolation of them, and show that God has chosen them, and not cast them off.

w Vid. Schultens, Origines Hebr. l. 1. c. 4. sect. 4. p. 116.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cry yet - A further promise; not only should Jerusalem be rebuilt, but should as we say, overflow with good ; and God, who had seemed to cast off His people, should yet comfort her, and should show in act that He had chosen her. “love.” In all the cases, which Gesenius cites as meaning “love” Genesis 6:2; 1 Samuel 20:30; 2 Samuel 15:15; Proverbs 1:29; Proverbs 3:31; Isaiah 1:29, the sense would be injured by rendering, “loved”) Zechariah thrice repeats the promise, given through Isaiah Isaiah 14:1 to Jerusalem, before her wasting by the Chaldaeans, reminding the people thereby, that the restoration, in the dawn whereof they lived, had been promised two centuries before. Yet, against all appearances. My cities shall overflow with good, as being God’s; yet would the Lord comfort Zion; yet would He choose Jerusalem.

Osorius: “What is the highest of all goods? what the sweetest solace in life? what the subject of joys? what the oblivion of past sorrow? That which the Son of God brought upon earth, when He illumined Jerusalem with the brightness of His light and heavenly discipline. For to that end was the city restored, that in it, by the ordinance of Christ, for calamity should abound bliss; for desolation, fullness; for sorrow, joy; for want, affluence of heavenly goods.”

This first vision having predicted the entire restoration, the details of that restoration are given in subsequent visions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 17. My cities - shall yet be spread abroad — The whole land of Judea shall be inhabited, and the ruined cities restored.