John Gill's Exposition on Zechariah 8:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Let your hands be strong, etc.] In going on with the building of the temple, which was typical of the church of God, since so many great and good things were promised by the Lord, (<370204>Haggai 2:4): ye that hear in these days; such as Zerubbabel the ruler, Joshua the high priest, and the rest of the people of the land: these words by the mouth of the prophets; that is, these prophecies of future good things, which were delivered by Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi; who were the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid; which was in the second year of Darius, on the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, (<370210>Haggai 2:10,18): that the temple might be built; in order to the rebuilding of it, the foundation was laid; and from that time it was to continue building, till it was finishedf157.

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