Zechariah 8:9-17

9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Now hear these words, ‘Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.’ This is also what the prophets said who were present when the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD Almighty.
10 Before that time there were no wages for people or hire for animals. No one could go about their business safely because of their enemies, since I had turned everyone against their neighbor.
11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD Almighty.
12 “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people.
13 Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse[a] among the nations, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing.[b] Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.”
14 This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the LORD Almighty,
15 “so now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;
17 do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the LORD.

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Cross References 24

  • 1. S Ezra 5:1
  • 2. S Ezra 3:11
  • 3. S Haggai 2:4
  • 4. S Isaiah 5:10; S Haggai 1:6
  • 5. S 2 Chronicles 15:5
  • 6. Isaiah 12:1
  • 7. S Psalms 85:12; S Joel 2:22
  • 8. S Psalms 67:6
  • 9. S Genesis 27:28
  • 10. S Psalms 65:13; S Isaiah 60:21; Obadiah 1:17
  • 11. S Hosea 2:21
  • 12. S Numbers 5:27; S Deuteronomy 13:15; S Psalms 102:8; Jeremiah 42:18
  • 13. S Psalms 48:8
  • 14. S Genesis 12:2; S Joel 2:14
  • 15. S Haggai 2:5
  • 16. ver 9
  • 17. Jeremiah 31:28; S Ezekiel 24:14
  • 18. ver 13; S Jeremiah 29:11; Micah 7:18-20
  • 19. Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 32:42
  • 20. S Psalms 15:2; S Jeremiah 33:16; S Ephesians 4:25
  • 21. S Ezekiel 18:8
  • 22. S Ezekiel 45:9; S Amos 5:15; S Zechariah 7:9
  • 23. Proverbs 3:29
  • 24. S Proverbs 6:16-19; S Jeremiah 7:9; Zechariah 5:4

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. That is, your name has been used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, you have been regarded as under a curse.
  • [b]. Or "and your name will be used in blessings" (see Gen. 48:20); or "and you will be seen as blessed"
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