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Zechariah 8:9

King James Version (KJV)

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Zechariah 8:9

Verse 9 of 23

Scripture focus

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Zechariah 8:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Zechariah 8:9

Theological / Devotional

Hands be strong. A charge to be courageous (see Judges 7:11; Isa. 35:3).

In these days. The then present time contrasted with the time of the “former prophets” (ch. 7:7). The prophets here referred to, Haggai and Zechariah, rallied the returned exiles to the laying of “the foundation” of the Temple and its rebuilding (Ezra 6:14; PK 573-578, 596).

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