Zechariah 9:17

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

Bible in Basic English

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 the Lord their God will be their saviour in that day, giving them food like the flock of his people: for they will be like the jewels of a crown shining over his land.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?

Psalms 36:7\36:6\Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.

Psalms 50:2From Zion, most beautiful of places, God has sent out his light.

Psalms 86:15But you, O Lord, are a God full of pity and forgiveness, slow to get angry, great in mercy and wisdom.

Psalms 144:12Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;

Song of Solomon 5:10My loved one is white and red, 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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