Passionate and powerful in their own right, the prophecies of Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi together enrich the Old Testament in general and the prophetic corpus in particular by their perspectives. In this important new commentary, Paul L. Redditt explores the origins of each text and, by careful reconstruction of the social setting of each text, demonstrates how various editors reshaped the original messages of these Minor Prophets in light of...

"Zechariah, written to encourage the remnant of Israel struggling to follow the Lord, looks ahead to the eventual triumph of God's people and the coming of the Messiah. It contains many prophecies about Messiah, His life on earth, His millennial reign, and the salvation He would bring--so many in fact that it has been called the 'Revelation of the Old Testament.' In this easy-to-read, easy-to-use commentary, J. Carl Laney takes you through these prophecies...

For each prophet's work, Joyce Baldwin first considers the general issues of author, text and message, then offers a passage-by-passage commentary. --from publisher description.

Despite the return of the Hebrews from the Babylonian exile, selfishness, apathy and despair crippled their community spirit. In response to this distress, God raised up three prophetic voices in Jerusalem. Haggai rallied the people to rebuild the Second Temple. Zechariah was given visions of the return of the glory of the Lord to Zion. Malachi preached repentance, covenant justice and restoration of proper temple worship. Andrew Hill's commentary...

As in other volumes of the Cambridge Bible Commentary, there are introductions to the books dealt with, followed by the text of the New English Bible divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it. The preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah gave a new impetus to the life of the 'remnant' of the Jewish people returned from the Babylonian exile. Haggai stresses the importance of the relationship to God...