Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 1:6

6 But my words , and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said , Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us according to our wayes, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us .

The dreadful Menaces which I spake by my Prophets.

The d[illegible: 1 letter]creed Judgments which my provoked Justice resolved to execute on them,

which by my Prophets as my Heraulds I proclaimed, and published.

Overtake as a pursuing Enemy overtakes, and se[illegible: 2 letters]eth on his Enemy, and spoileth him; have not my Judgments thus taken hold both on your Fathers, and on you?

By this it should seem that Zechariah gave them time to consider what answer to give.

It is true as God said he would do, so he hath done against us, our Fathers, our Families, our Ci[illegible: 1 letter]ies and Temples. God's words have not failed▪ they dyed not, though our Fathers did: This may be an abstract of their Repentance.

Marginal references: Or, overtake.; [illegible: 1 letter]am. 1.18.