2 Chronicles 24:20

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And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Priest, refers to Zacharias. Septuagint, "Azarias. "(Haydock) It is not certain whether this was the person whom Jesus Christ speaks, (Matthew xxiii. 35.; Calmet) as St. Jerome believes; (Matthew xxiii. 35.) or our Saviour alludes to one of the minor prophets, (Tirinus) or to the father of John the Baptist. (Baronius) (Haydock) Sight. Hebrew, "above "perhaps on the steps between the two courts. (Calmet) To make. Hebrew, "therefore hath he forsaken you."

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