Zechariah 8:4

"The LORD says: “I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of the LORD of Armies, ‘The Holy Mountain.’”"

Key Reflection

This passage from Zechariah 8:4 indicates that God’s return to Zion signifies a restoration of His presence in Jerusalem, symbolizing divine favor and protection for the city. The renaming of Jerusalem as "The City of Truth" underscores a commitment to truth and faithfulness, while associating the mountain with God's holy essence highlights its sacred status in God's renewed covenant with His people.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

There shall yet dwell old men and old women -Dionysius: “Men and women shall not be slain now, as before in the time of the Babylonish destruction, but shall fulfill their natural course.” It shall not be, as when “He gave His people over unto the sword; the fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage; the priests were slain by the sword and their widows made no lamentation”Psalms 78:63-64; apart from the horrible atrocities of pagan war, when the unborn children were destroyed in their mothers’ womb2 Kings 15:16;Hosea 13:16;Amos 1:13, with their mothers.

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