Zechariah 6:10

"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"

Key Reflection

In Zechariah 6:10, the phrase "The LORD’s word came to me, saying," indicates a direct revelation or instruction from God. This opening sets the prophetic tone, suggesting that what follows is a message with divine authority and importance for the audience and future generations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Take of the captivity -Of that which they had brought with them. “The captivity” was, in Jeremiah ), and EzekielEzekiel 1:2;Ezekiel 3:11,Ezekiel 3:15;Ezekiel 11:24-25, the title of those who had been actually carried captive and were at that moment in captivity. Ezra continues it of those who had been in captivity, though now returned from exile. Yet not without a reference to the circumstances or causes of that captivity. It is the “captivity”Ezra 1:11which Sheshbazzar brings from Babylon, or Ezra subsequently; the “children of the captivity”Ezra 8:35, who set themselves to build the temple of GodEzra 4:1; who dedicated it and kept the passover .

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