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Zechariah 8:7

Zechariah 8:7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And l will bring them,.... To Zion, into the church of God, the Gospel fold, where Christ has engaged to bring his other sheep, that there may be one fold for Jew and Gentile, Jer 3:14 Joh 10:16,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I will save My people from the East country and from the West country - Dionysius: “that is, the whole world; for Israel had been scattered in every part of the world.” God had said to Israel, “I will…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I will save my people from the east country, and from the west - From every land in which any of them may be found. But these promises principally regard the Christian Church, or the bringing in the…

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

from the east country, and from the west country Comp. Isa 43:5-6. The promise is larger than has yet been fulfilled.