SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:13
Y será que como fuisteis maldición entre los gentiles, oh Casa de Judá y Casa de Israel, así os salvaré, para que seáis bendición. No temáis, mas esfuércense vuestras manos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Zechariah 8:13
Verse 13. As ye were a curse] Instead of being execrated among the people, ye shall be blessed; instead of being reproached, ye shall be commended. Ye shall be a blessing to all the nations round about. All these promises we may expect to be completely fulfilled when the Jews acknowledge their Messiah. O house of Judah, and house of Israel] The restoration shall be complete, when both Israel and Judah are brought back.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse among the heathen , etc.] Reproached, vilified, and called accursed by them; (see Jeremiah 24:9) as true Christians, and real believers in Christ, are by the men of this world, ( 1 Corinthians 4:12,13): O house of Judah, and house of Israel ; both being carried captive at different times, and were typical of the true and Spiritual Israel of God: so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing ; be blessed in themselves with the above blessings of plenty and prosperity in outward things; (see Haggai 2:19) and a blessing to others, and blessed by them; and all those who are saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation are blessed with all spiritual blessings in him: fear not ; neither their enemies, nor the accomplishment of these promises: [but] let your hands be strong ; as in ( Zechariah 8:9).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-17 - Those only who lay their hands to the plough of duty, shall have the strengthened with the promises of mercy: those who avoid their fathers faults have the curse turned into a blessing. Those who believed the promises, were to show their faith by their works, and to wait the fulfilment. When God is displeased, he can cause trade to decay, an set every man against his neighbour; but when he returns in mercy, all is happy and prosperous. Surely believers in Christ must not trifl with the exhortation to put away lying, and to speak every man peac with his neighbour, to hate what the Lord hates, and to love tha wherein he delights.
Original Hebrew
והיה 1961 כאשׁר 834 הייתם 1961 קללה 7045 בגוים 1471 בית 1004 יהודה 3063 ובית 1004 ישׂראל 3478 כן 3651 אושׁיע 3467 אתכם 853 והייתם 1961 ברכה 1293 אל 408 תיראו 3372 תחזקנה 2388 ידיכם׃ 3027
