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Zechariah 8:1

This is a message from the Lord All-Powerful.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gentiles;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   Zion;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord of Armies came:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me.
King James Version (1611)
Againe the word of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying;
King James Version
Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of armies came, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word, saying,
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the worde of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:
Contemporary English Version
The Lord All-Powerful said to me:
Complete Jewish Bible
A message came from Adonai -Tzva'ot:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came [unto me], saying,
George Lamsa Translation
AGAIN the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah:
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me , saying,
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the word of the lord of hoastes came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh of Hosts came to me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord of oostis was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came [to me], saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying,
New English Translation
Then the word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:
New King James Version
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,
New Living Translation
Then another message came to me from the Lord of Heaven's Armies:
New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
THE MESSAGE
And then these Messages from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "I am zealous for Zion—I care! I'm angry about Zion—I'm involved!" God 's Message:

Contextual Overview

1 This is a message from the Lord All-Powerful. 2 The Lord All-Powerful says, "I have a very strong love for Mount Zion. I love her so much that I became angry when she was not faithful to me." 3 The Lord says, "I have come back to Zion, and I am living in Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called Faithful City. The mountain of the Lord All-Powerful will be called Holy Mountain." 4 The Lord All-Powerful says, "Old men and women will again be seen in the public places in Jerusalem. People will live so long that they will need their walking sticks. 5 And the city will be filled with children playing in the streets." 6 The Lord All-Powerful says, "The survivors will think it is wonderful, and so will I!" 7 The Lord All-Powerful says, "Look, I am rescuing my people from countries in the east and west. 8 I will bring them back here, and they will live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their good and faithful God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
Then he sent out a raven. The raven flew from place to place until the ground was dry and the water was gone.
Genesis 8:9
The dove could not find a place to rest because water still covered the earth, so the dove came back to the boat. Noah reached out his hand and caught the dove and brought it back into the boat.
Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord . Noah took some of all the clean birds and some of all the clean animals and burned them on the altar as a gift to God.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the earth continues, there will always be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and hot, summer and winter, day and night on earth."
Genesis 19:29
God destroyed the cities in the valley, but he remembered what Abraham had said. So God sent Lot away from those cities before destroying them.
Genesis 30:22
Then God heard Rachel's prayer and made it possible for Rachel to have children.
Exodus 2:24
God heard their painful cries and remembered the agreement he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 14:21
Moses raised his hand over the Red Sea, and the Lord caused a strong wind to blow from the east. The wind blew all night long. The sea split, and the wind made the ground dry.
Numbers 22:32
Then the Lord 's angel asked Balaam, "Why did you hit your donkey three times? I am the one who came to stop you. But just in time,
1 Samuel 1:19
Early the next morning Elkanah's family got up. They worshiped the Lord and then went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had sexual relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered Hannah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again the word of the Lord of hosts came [to me] saying. The phrase, "to me", is wanting in the Hebrew text; and is the only place it is wanting in, as the Masora observes; though undoubtedly it is to be understood; and therefore is rightly supplied, as it is by the Targum, "with me". Mention being made in the latter part of the preceding chapter Zechariah 7:8 of the desolations of the earth, comfort is here administered, as Aben Ezra notes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dionysius: “After the Lord had, in the preceding chapter, manifoldly rebuked the Jewish people, He now comforts it with renewed promises, as a good physician, who after a bitter draught employs sweet and soothing remedies; as that most loving Samaritan poured in wine and oil.” The chapter falls into two portions, each marked by the words, The Word of the Lord of hosts came or came unto me, the first Zechariah 8:1-17 declaring the reversal of the former judgments, and the complete, though conditional, restoration of God’s favor; the 2nd Zechariah 8:18-23 containing the answer to the original question as to those fasts, in the declaration of the joy and the spread of the Gospel. The first portion has, again, a sevenfold, the second, a threefold subordinate division; marked by the beginning, “Thus saith the Lord of hosts.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VIII

In this chapter God promises the continuance of his favour to

those who are returned from the captivity; so that upon the

removal of his judgments, the fasts they had observed during

the captivity may now be converted to so many occasions of

rejoicing. He likewise promises in due time a general

restoration of his people, and the enlargement of the Church

by the accession of the Gentiles, 1-20.

The conclusion of the chapter intimates farther that the Jews,

after their restoration, will be instrumental in converting

many other nations, 21-23.

Compare Romans 11:15-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII


 
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