A.R. (12 Jan 2009)
"more in Zechariah and link to bible site with Strongs' definitions"

 
If you see my other post of today; "Zechariah 9 - happening now (rapture hidden in here?????) MUST READ!!!!!!" you'll notice that if you scroll over the words, you get the Strongs' definition for the word (or phrase). Here's a link to that Bible site, the same page I used, so it's already "set up" for Strongs. It's Biblos.com parallel Bible by the way. This site is really helping me with my research.
 
http://kjvs.scripturetext.com/zechariah/9.htm
 
I wanted to include the two previous Chapters of Zechariah for futher study (I've just sent Chapter 9). Chapter 7 mentions a mysterious 70 years.  (Since they became a nation, May '48, it's been 70 years).  I see this (part) as a rebuke to Israel...straight from the Old Testament to them today (by today, I mean right after the rapture, when a majority of Israel will begin to realize Jesus as Savior). Of course, it was a rebuke to them back then as well when we acknowledge the holographic nature of the prophecies and their sometimes multiple fulfillments.
They fasted, but notice in vs 5, "....did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?".  No, they hadn't recognized Jesus as their Messiah when he came, and they again didn't recognize him after God miraculously restored them as a nation in '48.
Then, vs 8, NEW word from God, showing that layer of time when Jesus walked the earth & spoke the words they should have listened to when he came the FIRST time!
 
I apologize - the punctuation is not showing up on the Strongs pages of this website. But from the website, link above, it's easy enough to get to the regular section showing comma & question marks, etc.
 

<< Zechariah 7 >>
King James Bible with Strong's Numbers		 
1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month even in Chisleu 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech and their men to pray before the LORD 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts and to the prophets saying Should I weep in the fifth month separating myself as I have done these so many years ( don't miss moving your cursor over "fifth month" here!) 4 Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me saying 5 Speak unto all the people of the land and to the priests saying When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth (fifth part) and seventh (seventh time) month even those seventy years did ye at all fast unto me even to me 6 And when ye did eat and when ye did drink did not ye eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves 7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity and the cities thereof round about her when men inhabited the south and the plain (describes the time of Jesus?, the generation of and before the destruction of the temple & the scattering of His people, vs 14)
8 And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah saying 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts saying Execute true. judgment and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother 10 And oppress not the widow nor the fatherless the stranger nor the poor and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart 11 But they refused to hearken and pulled away __ the shoulder and stopped their ears that they should not hear 12 Yea they made their hearts as an adamant stone lest they should hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts 13 Therefore it is come to pass that as he cried and they would not hear so they cried and I would not hear saith the LORD of hosts 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not Thus the land was desolate after them that no man passed through nor returned for they laid the pleasant land desolate
 
LET'S LOOK AT CHAPTER (8). EIGHT = NEW BEGINNINGS; (MILLENIUM). THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER SPEAKS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE MILLENIUM, THEN...
VS 9 IS WHERE GOD BEGINS TO TELL THEM TO BE STRONG, STARTS A WARNING LEADING UP TO...
VS 10, (....FOR BEFORE THESE DAYS... (OF THE MILLENIUM)  =  HARD TIMES, TRIBULATION)
Then he tells them NOT TO FEAR...many times notice (BECAUSE HE WILL KEEP THEM SAFE DURING TRIBULATION!)!!
 

<< Zechariah 8 >>
King James Bible with Strong's Numbers		 
1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me saying 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy and I was jealous for her with great fury 3 Thus saith the LORD I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem and every man with his staff in his hand for very age 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days should it also be marvellous in mine eyes saith the LORD of hosts 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Behold I will save my people from the east country and from the west __ country 8 And I will bring them and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and they shall be my people and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness
9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Let your hands be strong ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid that the temple might be built 10 For before these days there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction for I set all men every one against his neighbour 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days saith the LORD of hosts 12 For the seed shall be prosperous the vine shall give her fruit and the ground shall give her increase and the heavens shall give their dew and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things 13 And it shall come to pass that as ye were a curse among the heathen O house of Judah and house of Israel so will I save you and ye shall be a blessing fear not but let your hands be strong
14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts As I thought to punish you when your fathers provoked me to wrath saith the LORD of hosts and I repented not 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah fear ye not 16 These are the things that ye shall do Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour and love no false. oath for all these are things that I hate saith the LORD
18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me saying 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness and cheerful feasts therefore love the truth and peace
20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another saying Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts I will go also 22 Yea many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to pray before the LORD 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts In those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew __ saying We will go with you for we have heard that God is with you
 
I think the dates should be looked at carefully. Can anyone else contribute...I know I'm missing something else....it might make today's post if I can remember..
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I meant to add an interesting side note about the "mystery" behind the actual writer of the last six chapters of Zechariah, beginning with chapter 9 (which begins the commentary below). Paul talked about a mystery didn't he, and wasn't it a famous Rabbi that stated there are no such things as coincedences? (I'm kind of kidding, ...........kind of.) Anyway, this is a portion of a commentary from Adam Clarke on the subject;
 
This is a prophecy against Syria, the Philistines, Tyre, and Sidon, which were to be subdued by Alexander the Great. After this the prophet speaks gloriously concerning the coming of Christ, and redemption by him.
Most learned men are of opinion that this and the succeeding chapters are not the work of Zechariah, but rather of Jeremiah; Hosea, or some one before the captivity. It is certain that chap. xi. 12, 13, is quoted Matt. xxvii. 9, 10, as the language of Jeremiah the prophet. The first eight chapters appear by the introductory parts to be the prophecies of Zechariah: they stand in connection with each other, are pertinent to the time when they were delivered, are uniform in style and manner, and constitute a regular whole; but the six last chapters are not expressly assigned to Zechariah, and are unconnected with those that precede: - the three first of them are unsuitable in many parts to the time when Zechariah lived; all of them have a more adorned and poetical turn of composition than the eight first chapters, and they manifestly break the unity of the prophetical book.
I conclude, from internal marks, that these three chapters, (9., 10., 11.,) were written much earlier than the time of Jeremiah, and before the captivity of the ten tribes. They seem to suit Hosea's age and manner; but whoever wrote them, their Divine authority is established by the two quotations from them, ver. 9; xi. 12, 13.