Zechariah 9:17

For how great is their goodness, and how great is their beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 shall save them in that day as the flock of His people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, glittering over His land.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Psalms 36:7(36-8) How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! and the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings.

Psalms 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Psalms 86:15But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalms 144:12We whose sons are as plants grown up in their youth; whose daughters are as corner-pillars carved after the fashion of a palace;

Song of Solomon 5:10'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above 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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