Zechariah 4:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Despised

For they, etc

Isaiah 66:11

Luke 15:5

And shall

Amos 7:7

Those

Zechariah 3:9

Revelation 8:2

They are

General references

Job 28:24

Ezekiel 1:14

Bible References

Despised

Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders -- older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established -- were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?"

Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land."

Who among you survivors saw the former splendor of this temple? How does it look to you now? Isn't it nothing by comparison?

He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

For they, etc

For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts.

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And shall

He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand.

Those

As for the stone I have set before Joshua -- on the one stone there are seven eyes. I am about to engrave an inscription on it,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

They are

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, "These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth."

Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

General references

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning.