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Good News Translation

Zechariah 8:1

The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah:

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,
Easy-to-Read Version
This is a message from the Lord All-Powerful.
George Lamsa Translation
AGAIN the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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 The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah: 2 "I have longed to help Jerusalem because of my deep love for her people, a love which has made me angry with her enemies. 3 I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the Lord Almighty will be called the sacred hill. 4 Once again old men and women, so old that they use canes when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. 5 And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing. 6 "This may seem impossible to those of the nation who are now left, but it's not impossible for me. 7 I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken, 8 and will bring them back from east and west to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, ruling over them faithfully and justly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It did not come back, but kept flying around until the water was completely gone.
Genesis 8:9
but since the water still covered all the land, the dove did not find a place to light. It flew back to the boat, and Noah reached out and took it in.
Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to the Lord ; he took one of each kind of ritually clean animal and bird, and burned them whole as a sacrifice on the altar.
Genesis 8:22
As long as the world exists, there will be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night."
Genesis 19:29
But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
Exodus 2:24
who heard their groaning and remembered his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 14:21
Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was divided,
Numbers 22:32
The angel demanded, "Why have you beaten your donkey three times like this? I have come to bar your way, because you should not be making this journey.
1 Samuel 1:19
The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early, and after worshiping the Lord , they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah, and the Lord answered her prayer.

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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