Zechariah 8:20

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying, ¹⁹"This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore love truth and peace." ²⁰This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Peoples will yet come-the residents of many cities-²¹and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: 'Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.' ²²And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD." ²³This is what the LORD of Hosts says: "In those days ten men from all nations and languages will tightly grasp the robe of a Jewish man, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

Bible Verse Review
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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
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

Genesis 7:2
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,

Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And He sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.

Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.

Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,

Genesis 8:16
"Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

Genesis 8:17
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you-birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground-so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it."

Genesis 13:4
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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.