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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 8:10 - 8:10
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before these days - before the time in which ye again proceeded with the building of the temple (Zec 8:9), namely, at the time that the temple lay neglected.
no hire for man ... beast - that is, no produce of the field to repay the labor of man and beast on it (Hag 1:6, Hag 1:9, Hag 1:10; Hag 2:16).
neither ... peace to him that went out or came in - (2Ch 15:5). No one could in safety do his business at home or abroad, in the city or in the country, whether going or returning.
because of the affliction - so sorely pressed were they by the foe outside. Maurer translates, “Because of the foe” (Ezr 4:1).
every one against ... neighbour - There was internal discord, as well as foes from without.