Zechariah 8
1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
3 Thus 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.
4 Thus 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.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
6 Thus 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.
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 And 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.
9 Thus 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.
10 For 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.
11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
12 For 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.
13 And 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.
14 For 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:
15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
16 These 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:
17 And 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.
18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
19 Thus 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.
20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
21 And 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.
22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
23 Thus 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.
Cross-references
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- 2Jol 2:18, Zec 1:14–16, Psa 78:58–59, Isa 42:13–14, Nam 1:2, Nam 1:6, Isa 59:17, Isa 63:15
- 3Jhn 1:14, Zec 1:16, Isa 1:26, Isa 66:20, Zec 2:10–11, Jer 33:16, Jhn 14:23, Jer 31:23
- 4Isa 65:20–22, Job 42:17, Job 5:26, 1Sa 2:31, Lam 5:11–15, Heb 12:22, Lam 2:20–22
- 5Jer 31:13, Jer 30:19–20, Lam 2:19, Zec 2:4, Jer 33:11, Psa 144:12–15, Mat 11:16–17, Psa 128:3–4
- 6Jer 32:27, Rom 4:20–21, Luk 1:37, Luk 18:27, Gen 18:14, Num 11:22–23, 2Ki 7:2, Luk 1:20
- 7Jer 31:8, Isa 27:12–13, Isa 43:5–6, Mal 1:11, Amo 9:14–15, Isa 49:12, Isa 59:19, Isa 11:11–16
- 8Ezk 36:28, Ezk 11:20, Jer 31:33, Rev 21:3, Jer 4:2, Rev 21:7, 2Co 6:16–18, Zec 13:9
- 9Isa 35:4, Ezr 5:1–2, Eph 6:10, 1Ch 22:13, Hag 2:21, 2Ti 2:1, Jos 1:6, Hag 1:1
- 10Hag 1:6–11, Isa 19:2, Amo 9:4, Amo 3:6, Hag 2:16–18, Jer 16:16, Jdg 5:11, Jdg 5:6–7
- 11Isa 12:1, Psa 103:9, Hag 2:19, Zec 8:8–9, Mal 3:9–11, Isa 11:13
- 12Lev 26:4–5, Deu 33:13, Mat 6:33, Gen 27:28, Zec 8:6, Ezk 36:30, Ezk 34:26–27, Hag 1:10
- 13Gen 12:2–3, Zep 3:20, 1Co 16:13, Zec 8:9, Psa 72:17, Ezk 5:15, Rut 4:11–12, Zec 10:6–9
- 14Ezk 24:14, Jer 31:28, Jer 4:28, Isa 14:24, Zec 1:6, Psa 33:11, 2Ch 36:16, Jer 15:1–6
- 15Zec 8:13, Mic 7:18–20, Luk 12:32, Mic 4:10–13, Jer 29:11–14, Jer 32:42, Zep 3:16–17, Isa 43:1–2
- 16Eph 4:25, Zec 7:9, Psa 15:2, Luk 3:8–14, Deu 10:12–13, Isa 9:7, Pro 12:19, Pro 12:17
- 17Pro 6:16–19, Jer 4:14, Jer 44:4, Psa 10:3, Pro 3:29, Mic 2:1–3, Mal 3:5, Psa 5:5–6
- 19Zec 8:16, Jer 39:2, Zec 7:3, Zec 7:5, 2Ki 25:25, Jer 52:4, Psa 30:11, 2Ki 25:3–4
- 20Isa 2:2–3, Mic 4:1–2, Zec 2:11, Isa 60:3–12, Mat 8:11, Jer 16:19, Rom 15:9–12, Psa 67:1–4
- 21Zec 7:2, Psa 146:1–2, Hos 6:3, Psa 103:22, Psa 122:1–9
- 22Zec 8:21, Rev 21:24, Isa 25:7, Isa 60:3–22, Rev 15:4, Isa 55:5, Gal 3:8, Jer 4:2
- 23Isa 55:5, 1Co 14:25, Isa 45:14, Isa 60:3, Act 13:47–48, Isa 66:18, Jos 2:9–13, Rev 14:6–7
Topics in this chapter
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Children, Church, Commandments, Court, Faith, Fasting, Feasts, Gates, Gentiles, God, Holiness, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jealousy, Jerusalem, Jesus, the Christ, Justice, Malice, Nation, Neighbor, Peace, Perjury, Prophecy, Quotations and Allusions, Revivals, Rulers, Seekers, Sin, Speaking, Temple, Ten, Truth, War, Worship, Zion