SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:7
¶ A los veinticuatro del mes undécimo, que es el mes de Sebat, en el año segundo de Darío, vino palabra del SEÑOR a Zacarías profeta, hijo de Berequías, hijo de Iddo, diciendo:
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 1:7
Verse 7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month] This revelation was given about three months after the former, and two months after they had recommenced the building of the temple. Sebat] Answers to a part of our February. See Haggai ii. 18.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat , etc.] Called Sabat in the Septuagint version, and in the Apocrypha: ``Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat:” (1 Maccabees 16:14) It is said by the Jews to be the beginning of the months of the year for trees, of which they bring the first fruits. It answers to part of our January, and part of February. This is the first time that the name of a month is mentioned by any of the prophets; this prophet prophesying after the captivity in Babylon; from whence the Jews say the names of months came along with the returning captives, as well as the names of angels; and we nowhere meet with them but in the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther, all wrote after that time; for before they used only to say, the first, second, or third month, etc.; for, as for Abib, Zif, Bul, and Ethanira, mentioned in ( Exodus 13:4 1 Kings 6:1, 37,38 8:2), they are thought to be appellatives, and not proper names; though it may be observed that the books of Kings are said by the Jews to be written by Jeremiah; more likely by several prophets, and at last brought into the order in which they now stand by Ezra, according to Huetius f10 ; and which may be thought probable enough; and, if so, the above names may be reckoned proper names of months; and the original of them may be accounted for as before.
There were two fasts appointed by the Jews in this month; one on the tenth day of it, for the death of the elders which succeeded Joshua, ( Judges 2:7) and another on the twenty third, on account of the Israelites making war with the Benjaminites, in revenge of what was done to the wife of the Levite, ( Judges 19:1-20:48) f11 . This prophecy, and the visions following to the end of the sixth chapter, were three months after the former prophecy, or more, if that was on the first day of the eighth month; and just two months after the foundation of the temple was laid, ( Haggai 2:18): “in the second year of Darius”, etc. (see Gill on “ Zechariah 1:1”).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-17 - The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represente the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like warrior sat on a red horse, in the midst of this shady myrtle-grove Though the church was in a low condition, Christ was present in the midst, ready to appear for the relief of his people. Behind him wer angels ready to be employed by him, some in acts of judgment, others of mercy, others in mixed events. Would we know something of the mysterie of the kingdom of heaven, we must apply, not to angels, for they ar themselves learners, but to Christ himself. He is ready to teach thos humbly desirous to learn the things of God. The nations near Jude enjoyed peace at that time, but the state of the Jews was unsettled which gave rise to the pleading that followed; but mercy must only be hoped for through Christ. His intercession for his church prevails. The Lord answered the Angel, this Angel of the covenant, with promises of mercy and deliverance. All the good words and comfortable words of the gospel we receive from Jesus Christ, as he received them from the Father, in answer to the prayer of his blood; and his ministers are to preach them to all the world. The earth sat still, and was at rest. It is not uncommon for the enemies of God to be at rest in sin, while his people are enduring correction, harassed by temptation, disquieted by fears of wrath, or groaning under oppression and persecution. Here ar predictions which had reference to the revival of the Jews after the captivity, but those events were shadows of what shall take place in the church, after the oppression of the New Testament Babylon is ended.
Original Hebrew
ביום 3117 עשׂרים 6242 וארבעה 702 לעשׁתי 6249 עשׂר 6240 חדשׁ 2320 הוא 1931 חדשׁ 2320 שׁבט 7627 בשׁנת 8141 שׁתים 8147 לדריושׁ 1867 היה 1961 דבר 1697 יהוה 3068 אל 413 זכריה 2148 בן 1121 ברכיהו 1296 בן 1121 עדוא 5714 הנביא 5030 לאמר׃ 559
