Zechariah 7:13 “’As I called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear’ says the LORD of hosts,” Here is a verse to contemplate carefully. Make no doubt about it, God is calling you. He will continue to call while there is time to respond. No matter how old you […]

Zechariah 7:12 “They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts.” I remember a preacher years ago who would often interrupt his sermon with the question, “Are […]

Zechariah 2:10 “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.” What welcome words these should be to the people exiled away from their home and center of worship. They had felt the absence of God for seventy years and perhaps lost hope […]

Zechariah Zechariah 1:3 “Therefore say to them, Thus declares the LORD of hosts: Return to me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.” The, therefore, refers to the fact that God was very angry with His people. He sent them away into captivity and in captivity, […]

Haggai 2:6 “For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.” You’ve probably used the expression, “…shake things up.” Read about the original shaker of all things. It is God. When God doesn’t like the […]

Haggai Haggai 1:11 “And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labors.” Let there be no doubt, God is in control of the earth. Many in our time […]

Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” O that all the prophets would end on such a high note. It is the promise not […]

Zephaniah 3:14 “Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart O daughter of Jerusalem!” I love it. Right in the middle of wrath and destruction there comes hope; a reason for rejoicing. As you read through Zephaniah you won’t see much for the people to rejoice over. […]

Zephaniah 2:3 “Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.” This is the lowest of expectations from a prophet. Things are so bad that the prophet has doubts that God will […]

Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:2 “’I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,’ declares the LORD.” Here is a wonderful example of prophetic language. For those who seek literal interpretations of every verse of the Bible it creates a difficult problem. This is a prophecy against Judah. The language is hyperbolic, exaggerated to […]