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Literal Standard Version

Zechariah 8:1

And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts, saying,

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,
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

1And there is a word of YHWH of Hosts, saying,2"Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have been zealous for Zion with great zeal, || With great heat I have been zealous for her. 3Thus said YHWH: I have turned back to Zion, || And I have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, || And Jerusalem has been called The City of Truth, || And The Mountain of YHWH of Hosts, || The Holy Mountain. 4Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Again old men and old women dwell || In broad places of Jerusalem, || And each his staff in his hand, || Because of abundance of days. 5And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, || Playing in its broad places. 6Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Surely it is wonderful in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, || Also in My eyes it is wonderful, || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. 7Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, || And from the land of the going in, of the sun, 8And I have brought them in, || They have dwelt in the midst of Jerusalem, || And they have been to Me for a people, || And I am to them for God, || In truth and in righteousness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
and he sends forth the raven, and it goes out, going out and turning back until the drying of the waters from off the earth.
Genesis 8:9
and the dove has not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turns back to him, to the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he puts out his hand, and takes her, and brings her in to him, into the ark.
Genesis 8:20
And Noah builds an altar to YHWH, and takes from every clean beast and from every clean bird, and causes burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar;
Genesis 8:22
during all [the] days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night never cease."
Genesis 19:29
And it comes to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembers Abraham, and sends Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembers Rachel, and God listens to her, and opens her womb,
Exodus 2:24
and God hears their groaning, and God remembers His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob;
Exodus 14:21
And Moses stretches out his hand toward the sea, and YHWH causes the sea to go on by a strong east wind all the night, and makes the sea become dry ground, and the waters are cleaved,
Numbers 22:32
and the Messenger of YHWH says to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out for an adversary, for [your] way has been perverse before Me,
1 Samuel 1:19
And they rise early in the morning, and bow themselves before YHWH, and turn back, and come to their house in Ramah, and Elkanah knows his wife Hannah, and YHWH remembers her;

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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