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Zechariah 6:9

The word of the Lord came to me:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jeshua;   Joshua;   Prophecy;   Scofield Reference Index - Parables;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of jehozadak;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeshua;   Josiah;   Melchizedek;   Tobiah, the Children of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Tobiah;   Zechariah, Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Colours;   Priests and Levites;   Zerubbabel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Prophecy of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jesh'ua;   Stork;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chariot;   Joshua (3);   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Church Fathers;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying,
Amplified Bible
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said to me:
Complete Jewish Bible
This message from Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I received another message from the Lord . He said,
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord gave me this message.
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and seide,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me as follows:
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
New Living Translation
Then I received another message from the Lord :
New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
Then this Message from God came to me: "Take up a collection from the exiles. Target Heldai, Tobiah, and Jedaiah. They've just arrived from Babylon. You'll find them at the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah. Collect silver and gold from them and fashion crowns. Place one on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and give him this message: "‘A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies. Be alert. We have a man here whose name is Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of God . Yes, he's the one. He'll build the Temple of God . Then he'll assume the role of royalty, take his place on the throne and rule—a priest sitting on the throne!—showing that king and priest can coexist in harmony.' "The other crown will be in the Temple of God as a symbol of royalty, under the custodial care of Helem, Tobiah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah. "People will come from faraway places to pitch in and rebuild the Temple of God . This will confirm that God -of-the-Angel-Armies did, in fact, send me to you. All this follows as you put your minds to a life of responsive obedience to the voice of your God ."

Contextual Overview

9The word of the Lord came to me: 10“Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon, and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11Take silver and gold, make a crown, and place it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. 12You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Armies says: Here is a man whose name is Branch; he will branch out from his place and build the Lord’s temple. 13Yes, he will build the Lord’s temple; he will be clothed in splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will also be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them. 14The crown will reside in the Lord’s temple as a memorial to Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah. 15People who are far off will come and build the Lord’s temple, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you. This will happen when you fully obey the Lord your God.”

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zechariah 1:1, Zechariah 7:1, Zechariah 8:1

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis 5:1
This is the document containing the family records of Adam. On the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;
Genesis 5:22
And after he fathered Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and fathered other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:24
Enoch walked with God; then he was not there because God took him.
Genesis 6:9
These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:15
This is how you are to make it: The ark will be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis 10:1
These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph and said:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.] Either "the word of prophecy from the Lord", as the Targum paraphrases it; the visions being ended, the prophetic part of the book begins; and many excellent prophecies concerning the Messiah, and his kingdom, are contained in this and the following chapters: or an order from the Lord, which is expressed in the next verses Zechariah 6:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came to me - The visions being closed, Zechariah marks the change by adopting the usual formula, with which the prophets authenticated, that they spake not of themselves, but by the Spirit of God. The act enjoined is a symbolic act, pointing and summing up and interpreting the visions, as some of the visions had been already expanded by fresh revelations following immediately upon them.


 
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