John Trapp on Zechariah 8:2

Verſe 2. I was zealous for Zion] See the Note on chap. 1.14. Jealous as an husband, zealous as a loving Father: for, Non amat qui non zelat, ſaith Auguſtine; and a Father being rebuked by ſome for his exceeding forwardneſſe for his friend, anſwered, Ego aliter amare non didici, I know not how to love any otherwiſe then earneſtly. God therefore to aſcertaine his people of the truth of the enſuing promiſes, and to cure their unbelief, lets them know that all this he will do for them of his free grace without their deſert. As at firſt he loved them meerly becauſe he loved them Deut. 7.7, 8. ſo out of the ſame love, he will beſtow upon them all the good things here mentioned. See the like Eſay 9.6, 7. where after a ſweet deſcription of Chriſt, his kingdome, and Benefits, he concludes all with The zeal (that is the tender love and free grace) of the Lord of Hoſts will performe this. Feare ye not, So 2 Sam. 7. 21. For thy words ſake, that is, for thy Chriſts ſake, and according to thine own heart haſt thou done all theſe things which thou hadſt promiſed. According to thine own heart, that is, ex mero motu, out of pure and unexcited love, or zeal, which is the top of all the affections, and the heate of the heart.