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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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New Living Translation

Zechariah 8:20

"This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Jesus, the Christ;   Revivals;   Seekers;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fulfillment;   Zechariah, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Salvation;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gentiles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Zion;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Intercession;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord of Armies says this: “Peoples will yet come, the residents of many cities;
Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD of Hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, It shall yet come to passe, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities.
King James Version
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
New American Standard Bible
"The LORD of armies says this: 'It will yet turn out that peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many cities.
New Century Version
This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Many people from many cities will still come to Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'It will come to pass that peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will come [to Jerusalem].
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus saith the Lord of hostes, That there shall yet come people, and the inhabitants of great cities.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Peoples will yet come-the residents of many cities-
Contemporary English Version
I tell you that people will come here from cities everywhere.
Complete Jewish Bible
" Adonai -Tzva'ot says, ‘In the future, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come;
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord All-Powerful says, "In the future, people from many cities will come to Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Henceforth there shall yet come people and the inhabitants of many cities;
Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty says, "The time is coming when people from many cities will come to Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘It will happen again that nations and the inhabitants of many cities will come.
Literal Translation
So says Jehovah of Hosts: There shall yet come peoples, and those living in many cities.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Bible in Basic English
This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the lord of hoastes: There shal yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities;
English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities:
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Puplis schulen come on ech side, and dwelle in many citees;
Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
New English Translation
The Lord who rules over all says, ‘It will someday come to pass that people—residents of many cities—will come.
New King James Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Peoples shall yet come, Inhabitants of many cities;
New Life Bible
The Lord of All says, ‘Many people will yet come from many cities.
New Revised Standard
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh of hoses, - It shall yet be that there shall come in peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come and dwell in many cities,
Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities;
Young's Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: There shall yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities:
THE MESSAGE
A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "People and their leaders will come from all over to see what's going on. The leaders will confer with one another: ‘Shouldn't we try to get in on this? Get in on God 's blessings? Pray to God -of-the-Angel-Armies? What's keeping us? Let's go!'

Contextual Overview

18 Here is another message that came to me from the Lord of Heaven's Armies. 19 "This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace. 20 "This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. 21 The people of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the Lord to bless us. Let's worship the Lord of Heaven's Armies. I'm determined to go.' 22 Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord of Heaven's Armies and to ask for his blessing. 23 "This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

there: Zechariah 2:11, Zechariah 14:16, Zechariah 14:17, 1 Kings 8:41, 1 Kings 8:43, 2 Chronicles 6:32, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 67:1-4, Psalms 72:17, Psalms 89:9, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2, Psalms 138:4, Psalms 138:5, Isaiah 2:2, Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 11:10, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 49:22, Isaiah 49:23, Isaiah 60:3-12, Isaiah 66:18-20, Jeremiah 16:19, Hosea 1:10, Hosea 2:23, Amos 9:12, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2, Malachi 1:11, Matthew 8:11, Acts 15:14, Acts 15:18, Romans 15:9-12, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:10 - the gathering Deuteronomy 4:6 - Surely Joshua 2:11 - for the Lord Esther 8:17 - many of the people Psalms 67:2 - That Psalms 102:15 - General Psalms 102:22 - General Psalms 115:14 - Lord Isaiah 19:24 - shall Isaiah 26:2 - Open Isaiah 44:5 - I am Isaiah 45:14 - Surely Isaiah 49:12 - these shall Isaiah 55:5 - nation Isaiah 56:3 - the son Isaiah 66:23 - shall all Jeremiah 3:17 - and all the nations Jeremiah 31:6 - Arise Jeremiah 33:9 - a name Ezekiel 20:40 - there shall Daniel 11:33 - understand Micah 7:16 - nations Zephaniah 2:11 - and men Zephaniah 3:9 - that Zechariah 8:13 - ye shall Zechariah 14:9 - the Lord Matthew 13:32 - the least Mark 4:31 - is less than Luke 13:19 - and it John 10:16 - other Acts 2:10 - Jews Acts 3:19 - when Acts 9:31 - were multiplied Acts 10:24 - and had Acts 11:1 - the Gentiles Acts 13:47 - that thou Acts 15:17 - the residue Acts 17:4 - some Romans 3:29 - General Romans 11:12 - their Romans 11:18 - thou bearest Romans 11:25 - until Colossians 3:11 - there 1 Thessalonians 1:9 - ye Revelation 3:9 - I will make them to Revelation 7:9 - a great Revelation 15:4 - for all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.
Genesis 8:4
exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:7
and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
Genesis 8:8
He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground.
Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,
Genesis 8:16
"Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.
Genesis 8:17
Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth."
Genesis 13:4
This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, [It shall] yet [come to pass],.... This is another thing that shall certainly be accomplished:

that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities; in the Gentile world; they shall come and hear the word, believe in Christ, and join together in a Gospel church state; as they did at Antioch, Thessalonica, Corinth, and many other places: Ben Melech says this shall be in the days of the Messiah; and so it has been in the days of the true Messiah Jesus, and will be again in the latter day.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It shall yet be that - The promises are those which God had already made by Isaiah (Isaiah 2:2 ff) and Micah (Micah 4:1 ff). Yet where was the show of their fulfillment? The Jews themselves, a handful: the temple unfinished; its completion depending, in human sight, upon the will of their pagan masters, the rival worship at Samaria standing and inviting to coalition. Appearances and experience were against it. God says virtually, that it was, in human sight, contrary to all expectations. But “weakness is aye Heaven’s might.” Despite of all, of the fewness of those who were returned, their downheartedness, broken condition, hopelessness, though all had hitherto failed, though, or rather because, all human energy and strength were gone, as God had said before, “The Lord shall yet (Zechariah 1:17; Zec 2:1-13 :16 (12 English)) choose Jerusalem,” so now, It shall “yet” be “that.”

Nations and many cities shall come - He describes vividly the eagerness and mutual impulse, with which not only many but mighty nations should throng to the Gospel, and every fresh conversion should win others also, until the great tide should sweep through the world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Zechariah 8:20. There shall come people — Similar promises to those in Isaiah 2:3 and in Micah 4:1-2. Many Gentiles, as well as Jews, will then be found devoting themselves to the Lord.


 
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