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Zechariah 8:5

Zechariah 8:5
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... This is repeated for the same end as before; See Gill on Zac 8:4,

If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days; either in the then…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls - The progeny shall be numerous, healthy, and happy. Their innocent gambols and useful exercises shall be a means of health, and a proof of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Zechariah 8:1-8

The prophet, in his foregoing discourses, had left his hearers under a high charge of guilt and a deep sense of wrath; he had left them in a melancholy view of the desolations of their pleasant land,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Zechariah 8:4-5

We read, as a fulfilment of this prophecy, that in the days of Simon, in the times of the Maccabees, "the ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things" (1Ma 14:9); while our…