My LORD’s BibleZechariah 8
1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
וַיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לֵאמֹר׃ (1033)
See also: Zechariah 6:9
2Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות קִנֵּאתִי לְצִיֹּון קִנְאָה גְדֹולָה וְחֵמָה גְדֹולָה קִנֵּאתִי לָהּ׃ (2445)
See also: Joel 2:18, Nahum 1:2, Psalms 78:58-59, Zechariah 1:14-16, Isaiah 42:13-14, Isaiah 59:17, Isaiah 63:4-6, Isaiah 63:15, Ezekiel 36:5-6, Ezekiel 39:25, Nahum 1:6, Zechariah 1:13, Isaiah 14:3
3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה בְתִּי אֶל־צִיֹּון וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתֹוךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְנִקְרְאָה יְרוּשָׁלִַם עִיר־הָאֱמֶת וְהַר־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ׃ (5715)
See also: Psalms 46:5, Psalms 48:1, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 54:14, Micah 4:1, Psalms 147:13, Jeremiah 31:23, Zechariah 1:16, Deuteronomy 28:3, Psalms 87:1, Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 25:6, Lamentations 5:21, Isaiah 30:19, Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 26:18, Daniel 9:16, Obadiah 1:17, Zechariah 2:10
4Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות עֹד יֵשְׁבוּ זְקֵנִים וּזְקֵנֹות בִּרְחֹבֹות יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְאִישׁ מִשְׁעַנְתֹּו בְּיָדֹו מֵרֹב יָמִים׃ (4710)
See also: Jeremiah 30:19, Jeremiah 31:13, 1 Samuel 2:32, Jeremiah 31:24, Isaiah 65:20-22, Jeremiah 3:16, Job 42:17, Ecclesiastes 12:3, Zechariah 2:4, 1 Samuel 2:31, Job 5:26, Jeremiah 30:10, Lamentations 1:1, Lamentations 5:11-15, Ezekiel 37:26, Zechariah 14:11, Hebrews 12:22, Exodus 21:19, Lamentations 2:20-22
5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
וּרְחֹבֹות הָעִיר יִמָּלְאוּ יְלָדִים וִילָדֹות מְשַׂחֲקִים בִּרְחֹבֹתֶיהָ׃ (2669)
See also: Jeremiah 31:13, Jeremiah 30:19-20, Psalms 128:3-4, Psalms 144:12-15, Jeremiah 31:27, Jeremiah 33:11, Lamentations 2:19, Zechariah 2:4, Matthew 11:16-17, Luke 7:32
6Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות כִּי יִפָּלֵא בְּעֵינֵי שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם גַּם־בְּעֵינַי יִפָּלֵא נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (3201)
See also: Luke 1:37, Matthew 19:26, Genesis 18:14, Jeremiah 32:27, Mark 10:27, Zechariah 8:12, Luke 18:27, Romans 4:20-21, Numbers 11:22-23, 2 Kings 7:2, Ezra 9:8, Jeremiah 32:17, Luke 1:20, Psalms 118:23, Psalms 126:1-3, Romans 6:19-21, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Luke 9:43
7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הִנְנִי מֹושִׁיעַ אֶת־עַמִּי מֵאֶרֶץ מִזְרָח וּמֵאֶרֶץ מְבֹוא הַשָּׁמֶשׁ׃ (3470)
See also: Isaiah 43:5, Deuteronomy 30:3, Malachi 1:11, Jeremiah 31:8, Isaiah 27:12-13, Isaiah 49:12, Ezekiel 36:33, Hosea 11:10, Amos 9:14-15, Zechariah 10:6, Zechariah 10:10, Psalms 50:1, Psalms 107:2-3, Psalms 113:3, Isaiah 11:11-16, Isaiah 59:19, Isaiah 66:19-20, Ezekiel 37:19-25, Romans 11:25-27
8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
וְהֵבֵאתִי אֹתָם וְשָׁכְנוּ בְּתֹוךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם וְהָיוּ־לִי לְעָם וַאֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים בֶּאֱמֶת וּבִצְדָקָה׃ (3397)
See also: 2 Corinthians 6:16, Hebrews 8:10, Revelation 21:3, Zechariah 13:9, Ezekiel 36:28, Ezekiel 11:20, Revelation 21:7, Jeremiah 24:7, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 4:2, Ezekiel 37:27, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Leviticus 26:12, Jeremiah 11:4, Ezekiel 37:25, Isaiah 1:26, Isaiah 14:3, Jeremiah 30:22, Jeremiah 32:41, Joel 3:20
9Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶם הַשֹּׁמְעִים בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה אֵת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה מִפִּי הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר בְּיֹום יֻסַּד בֵּית־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות הַהֵיכָל לְהִבָּנֹות׃ (5137)
See also: 1 Corinthians 16:13, Ephesians 6:10, Joshua 1:6, Zechariah 8:13, Haggai 2:4, Haggai 2:18, Romans 4:20, Isaiah 35:4, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 1 Chronicles 22:13, Ezra 5:1-2, Daniel 10:19, Haggai 2:21, 2 Timothy 2:1, Joshua 1:8, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Haggai 1:1, Haggai 1:12, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 8:18
10For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
כִּי לִפְנֵי הַיָּמִים הָהֵם שְׂכַר הָאָדָם לֹא נִהְיָה וּשְׂכַר הַבְּהֵמָה אֵינֶנָּה וְלַיֹּוצֵא וְלַבָּא אֵין־שָׁלֹום מִן־הַצָּר וַאֲשַׁלַּח אֶת־כָּל־הָאָדָם אִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ׃ (4169)
See also: Haggai 1:6, Isaiah 19:2, Amos 9:4, Lamentations 3:17, Amos 3:6, Haggai 2:16-18, Exodus 22:15, Judges 5:6-7, Judges 5:11, Jeremiah 16:5, Jeremiah 16:16, Zechariah 11:6, Matthew 10:34-36, 2 Chronicles 15:5-7
11But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
וְעַתָּה לֹא כַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲנִי לִשְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ (2988)
See also: Ecclesiastes 11:6, Haggai 2:19, Ezekiel 36:11, Isaiah 30:23, Isaiah 12:1, Zechariah 10:6, Psalms 103:9, Zechariah 8:8-9, Isaiah 11:13, Malachi 3:9-11
12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
כִּי־זֶרַע הַשָּׁלֹום הַגֶּפֶן תִּתֵּן פִּרְיָהּ וְהָאָרֶץ תִּתֵּן אֶת־יְבוּלָהּ וְהַשָּׁמַיִם יִתְּנוּ טַלָּם וְהִנְחַלְתִּי אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַזֶּה אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה׃ (6963)
See also: Genesis 26:12, Leviticus 26:4-5, Hosea 2:21, Malachi 3:11, Deuteronomy 33:13, Genesis 27:28, Isaiah 26:19, Joel 2:22, Matthew 6:33, Ezekiel 34:26-27, Ezekiel 36:30, Haggai 1:10, Haggai 2:19, Zechariah 8:6, Deuteronomy 28:4-12, Ezra 9:8, Psalms 67:6-7, Psalms 107:37, Isaiah 30:23, Isaiah 61:7
13And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר הֱיִיתֶם קְלָלָה בַּגֹּויִם בֵּית יְהוּדָה וּבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֵּן אֹושִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם בְּרָכָה אַל־תִּירָאוּ תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶם׃ (5557)
See also: Ephesians 6:10, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Deuteronomy 31:6, Genesis 12:2-3, Psalms 72:17, Zephaniah 3:20, Zechariah 8:9, Ruth 4:11-12, Ezekiel 5:15, Zechariah 8:15, Jeremiah 29:18, Zechariah 10:6-9, Galatians 3:28-29, Genesis 26:4, Psalms 44:13-14, Isaiah 19:24-25, Isaiah 35:3-4, Jeremiah 24:9, Ezekiel 34:26, Daniel 9:11
14For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות כַּאֲשֶׁר זָמַמְתִּי לְהָרַע לָכֶם בְּהַקְצִיף אֲבֹתֵיכֶם אֹתִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְלֹא נִחָמְתִּי׃ (4716)
See also: Jeremiah 29:11, Ezekiel 24:14, Jeremiah 31:28, Zechariah 1:19, Exodus 32:12, Jeremiah 4:28, Jeremiah 32:42, Numbers 14:11, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 33:11, Isaiah 14:24, Jeremiah 15:1-6, Jeremiah 20:16, Jeremiah 23:20, Zechariah 1:6
15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
כֵּן שַׁבְתִּי זָמַמְתִּי בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה לְהֵיטִיב אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְאֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה אַל־תִּירָאוּ׃ (3972)
See also: Zechariah 8:13, Micah 7:18-20, Joel 2:21, Haggai 2:5, Luke 12:32, Jeremiah 29:11-14, Jeremiah 32:42, Micah 4:10-13, Isaiah 43:1-2, Zephaniah 3:16-17
16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּ דַּבְּרוּ אֱמֶת אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ אֱמֶת וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלֹום שִׁפְטוּ בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם׃ (5509)
See also: Matthew 7:12, Ephesians 4:25, Ephesians 4:15, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 61:8, Zechariah 7:9, Psalms 15:2, Zechariah 8:19, Ezekiel 45:9, Deuteronomy 10:12-13, Ezekiel 18:8, Luke 3:8-14, Leviticus 19:11, Job 29:7, Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 12:19, Isaiah 9:7, Matthew 5:9, Genesis 27:24, Exodus 18:21
17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
וְאִישׁ ׀ אֶת־רָעַת רֵעֵהוּ אַל־תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶם וּשְׁבֻעַת שֶׁקֶר אַל־תֶּאֱהָבוּ כִּי אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵאתִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ (6231)
See also: Proverbs 6:18, Isaiah 55:7, Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 8:13, Psalms 5:5-6, Psalms 10:3, Proverbs 3:29, Jeremiah 4:14, Jeremiah 44:4, Micah 2:1-3, Habakkuk 1:13, Malachi 3:5, Deuteronomy 16:22, Proverbs 6:14, Jeremiah 4:2, Zechariah 5:3-4, Zechariah 7:10, Matthew 5:28, Matthew 12:35, Matthew 15:19
18And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
וַיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֵלַי לֵאמֹר׃ (1074)
19Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות צֹום הָרְבִיעִי וְצֹום הַחֲמִישִׁי וְצֹום הַשְּׁבִיעִי וְצֹום הָעֲשִׂירִי יִהְיֶה לְבֵית־יְהוּדָה לְשָׂשֹׂון וּלְשִׂמְחָה וּלְמֹעֲדִים טֹובִים וְהָאֱמֶת וְהַשָּׁלֹום אֱהָבוּ׃ (5712)
See also: Jeremiah 39:2, Zechariah 8:16, Zechariah 7:3, Zechariah 7:5, 2 Kings 25:25, Psalms 30:11, Jeremiah 31:13, Jeremiah 52:4, 2 Kings 25:3-4, Luke 1:74-75, Isaiah 12:1, Isaiah 35:10, Jeremiah 30:19, Jeremiah 52:12-15, Esther 9:22, Isaiah 39:8, Jeremiah 33:11, Jeremiah 52:6-7, Ephesians 4:25, Titus 2:11-12
20Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות עֹד אֲשֶׁר יָבֹאוּ עַמִּים וְיֹשְׁבֵי עָרִים רַבֹּות׃ (2801)
See also: Isaiah 2:3, Acts 15:17, Revelation 15:4, Isaiah 60:3, Colossians 3:11, Zechariah 14:9, Acts 13:47, Isaiah 2:2-3, Zephaniah 3:9, John 10:16, Romans 11:25, Isaiah 45:14, Isaiah 66:23, Jeremiah 3:17, Zechariah 8:13, Zechariah 14:16, Joshua 2:11, Esther 8:17, Psalms 102:22, Psalms 115:14
21And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
וְהָלְכוּ יֹשְׁבֵי אַחַת אֶל־אַחַת לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה הָלֹוךְ לְחַלֹּות אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה וּלְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֵלְכָה גַּם־אָנִי׃ (4240)
See also: Psalms 122:1, Zechariah 7:2, Zechariah 8:22, Psalms 146:1-2, Hosea 6:3, John 1:37, Revelation 22:17, Psalms 103:22, Numbers 10:29, 2 Chronicles 15:9, Song of Solomon 6:1, Jeremiah 50:4, Ezekiel 47:9, Zechariah 9:1
22Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
וּבָאוּ עַמִּים רַבִּים וְגֹויִם עֲצוּמִים לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וּלְחַלֹּות אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה׃ (3741)
See also: Hosea 2:23, Isaiah 65:1, Psalms 126:2, Zechariah 8:21, Revelation 21:24, Isaiah 14:1, Isaiah 25:7, Isaiah 60:3-22, Revelation 15:4, 2 Chronicles 6:32, Isaiah 55:5, Galatians 3:8, Isaiah 66:23, Jeremiah 4:2, Micah 2:12, Micah 4:3, Haggai 2:7
23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בַּיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה אֲשֶׁר יַחֲזִיקוּ עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים מִכֹּל לְשֹׁנֹות הַגֹּויִם וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ בִּכְנַף אִישׁ יְהוּדִי לֵאמֹר נֵלְכָה עִמָּכֶם כִּי שָׁמַעְנוּ אֱלֹהִים עִמָּכֶם׃ (5444)
See also: Isaiah 55:5, Psalms 23:4, Isaiah 45:14, 1 Corinthians 14:25, Isaiah 60:3, Acts 13:47-48, Isaiah 66:18, Joshua 2:9-13, Ruth 1:16-17, 1 Kings 8:42-43, Malachi 3:12, Revelation 14:6-7, Genesis 31:7, Acts 19:12, Ruth 1:10, Isaiah 4:1, Revelation 7:9-10, Numbers 10:29-32, Numbers 14:14-16, Deuteronomy 4:6-7