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Zechariah
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Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time, the LORD who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field. See also: James 5:16-18Matthew 7:7-8Isaiah 44:3For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd. See also: Matthew 9:36Jeremiah 27:9Ezekiel 34:5My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats, for the LORD of Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle. See also: Ezekiel 34:7-10Ezekiel 34:2Ezekiel 34:20-21From him will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together. See also: Zechariah 9:10Ezra 9:8Zechariah 9:8They will be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle. They will fight, because the LORD is with them. The riders on horses will be confounded. See also: Haggai 2:22Psalms 20:7Zechariah 12:8“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them. See also: Zechariah 10:12Zechariah 13:9Zephaniah 3:19-20Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine. Yes, their children will see it and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the LORD. See also: Zechariah 9:151 Peter 1:8Philippians 4:4I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before. See also: Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 7:18Jeremiah 33:22I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return. See also: Ezekiel 6:9Nehemiah 1:9Isaiah 65:23I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there won’t be room enough for them. See also: Hosea 11:11Zechariah 8:7Jeremiah 50:19He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. See also: Ezekiel 30:13Isaiah 43:2Micah 5:5-6I will strengthen them in the LORD. They will walk up and down in his name,” says the LORD. See also: Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 2:5Micah 4:5
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)11 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Zechariah 10:1
Ver. 1. Snows. Prot. "Bright clouds," or "lightnings." H. --- God will presently grant your requests, after the persecution of Epiphanes. C. --- The latter season is when fruit ripens, the acceptable time to sue for grace. W.
↑ 1Zechariah 10:2
Ver. 2. Vanity. Jason prevailed on many to imitate the Gentiles. 1 Mac. i. 12.
↑ 2Zechariah 10:3
Ver. 3. Goats; the leaders of the people. Jer. l. 8. C. --- Vir gregis ipse caper.
Virg. Ec. vii. ---
Jason died in exile, Lysimachus was slain in the temple, Alcimus perished miserably, and Menelaus was hurled among ashes. 2 Mac. v. 5. and iv. 39. and xiii. 4. and 1 Mac. ix. 54. ---
Battle. The apostates have suffered: God will not abandon his flock, but raises up Mathathias,
&c.
↑ 3Zechariah 10:4
Ver. 4. Corner, to connect the building. The Machabees were not of the tribe of Juda; but it was the chief, and gave name to the rest. Judas was also a figure of Christ, the chief corner-stone, and he should be born of that tribe. --- Pin, to fasten down the tent, or to hang things upon. These comparisons were not deemed mean, 1 Esd. ix. 8. and Is. xxii. 23. --- Exactor. The term may have a good as well as a bad sense. Taxes must be paid for the support of lawful governments.
Judas forced other nations to pay tribute. C. --- The same term in Ethiopia, means "a king." De Dieu.
↑ 4Zechariah 10:5
Ver. 5. Riders. The Syrians, with (H.) all their cavalry, were routed by a few ill-armed infantry.
C.
↑ 5Zechariah 10:6
Ver. 6. Joseph. All the tribes shall embrace the gospel at last. W. --- Back, from the caverns to which they had fled.
↑ 6Zechariah 10:7
Ver. 7. Valiant. Ephraim was a powerful and valiant tribe. Deut. xxxiii. 17. C.
↑ 7Zechariah 10:8
Ver. 8. Whistle. Christians are sweetly drawn by inspirations, without clamorous words. S. Cyr.
W. --- This expression shews the sovereign dominion of God. C. --- Sept. "I will give them a sign." H.
↑ 8Zechariah 10:9
Ver. 9. Me. The Jews were spread throughout the world, and adhered to their own customs.
Philo. See Acts ii. 8. --- While they enjoyed the greatest prosperity, they kept together in a small territory. It is wonderful how they have since increased.
↑ 9Zechariah 10:10
Ver. 10. For them. They returned from the places to which they had been dispersed during former wars, when Judas had liberated his country. C.
↑ 10Zechariah 10:11
Ver. 11. Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus' straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. S. Jer. --- But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able to retard God's people. Is. xi.
16. --- Assyria. After Epiphanes, the kingdom subsisted only about seventy years. --- Egypt. The Ptolemies excluded the natural princes, who have never regained the throne. They who had so often disturbed the Jews, were deprived of their power over them by the Syrians, and never could prevail there again after the Machabees. C. --- When the faithful are confirmed in their religion, the enemy cannot hurt them.
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↑ 11License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses