But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Gill's Exposition
For the seed shall be prosperous,.... Being cast into the earth, it shall spring up again, and produce a large increase; whereas before, though they sowed much, it came to little, Hag 1:6,
the vine…
Barnes' Notes
And now - The words imply a contrast of God’s dealings, rather than a contrast of time. “I am not to the remnant of this people.” He had said, “I will be to them God;” so now He does not say that He…
God, by the prophet, here gives further assurances of the mercy he had in store for Judah and Jerusalem. Here is line upon line for their comfort, as before there was for their conviction. These…
Cambridge Bible
now I will not be Rather, now (in this period since ye began to build) I am not. My attitude towards you is already changed.
the residue Rather, the remnant, as in Zec 8:12, i.e. the returned…
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