Zechariah 9:17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

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In The King James Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

In Context

16And LORD their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people, [as] for the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Psalms 36:7How precious is thy loving kindness, O God, and the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.

Psalms 86:15But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

Psalms 144:12When our sons shall be as plants grown up in their youth, and our daughters as corner-stones hewn according to the fashion of a palace,

Song of Solomon 5:10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:13-17

Gospel Invitations; Promises of God's Favour to Israel. ( b. c. 510.) 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the… Read the whole commentary →

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