Zechariah 4:9

The hands of Zerubavel have laid the Yesod (foundation) of this Beis; + 4:9 HaMikdash 1 his hands shall also finish it; 1 then thou shalt know that Hashem Tzva'os 1 hath sent me unto you. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you.

In Context

8Moreover the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying: 1

10For who hath despised 1 the Yom Ketannot (day of small things)? 1 For they shall have simcha, and shall see 1 the plumb line in the hand of Zerubavel 1 with these shivah; they are the eyes of Hashem, 1 which run to and fro throughout kol ha'aretz.

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Cross References

Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming unto the Beis HaElohim at Yerushalayim, in the second month, began Zerubavel ben Sh'altiel, and Yeshua ben Yotzadak, and the she'ar (remnant) of their brethren the kohanim and the Levi'im, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Yerushalayim; and appointed the Levi'im, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the melechet Beis Hashem (work of the construction of the Beis Hamikdash).

Ezra 6:14And the leaders of the Yehudim built, and they prospered through the prophesying and preaching of Chaggai HaNavi and Zecharyah ben Iddo. And they built, and finished it, according to the commandment of the Elohei Yisroel, and according to the commandment of Koresh (Cyrus), and Daryavesh (Darius), and Artachshasta (Artaxerxes) Melech Paras (Persia).

Isaiah 48:16Come ye near unto Me, hear ye this; 1 I have not spoken baseter (in secret) merosh (from the first); 1 from the time that it takes place, there am I; 1 and now Adonoi Hashem, and His Ruach, + 48:16 Hakodesh hath sent Me. + 48:16 Moshiach, the Eved Hashem; see Isa 42:1; see Hashem ʼs Kedushah HaMeshulleshet here 1

Zechariah 2:11Come, save thyself, O Tziyon, 1 thou that dwellest with the Bat Bavel. 1

Zechariah 6:12And speak unto him, saying: 1 Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Hinei Ish, TZEMACH Shmo; + 6:12 Yehoshua is said to be the namesake of the coming Moshiach Ben Dovid; see Ezra 3:8 for the Aramaic translation of Yehoshuaʼs name, Yeshua; see Jer 23:5; 30:9; 33:15; Ezra 3:8; Zech 3:8; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11 ; Moshiach the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8 1 and out of his place yitzmach (he [Moshiach] shall sprout up), + 6:12 Isa 53:2 1 and he shall build the Heikhal Hashem. 1

Matthew 16:18And I also say to you that you are Shim'on Kefa + 16:18 Petros and upon this TSUR I will build my Kehillah, my Chavurah (the Community of Moshiach) and the shaarei Sheol (gates of Sheol) shall not overpower it.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:2-11

The Vision of the Golden Candlestick; The Building of the Temple Encouraged. ( b. c. 520.) 1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, 2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: 3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the… Read the whole commentary →

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