Zechariah 2:12
(2:16) And the Lord will take Judah as his inheritance upon the holy land; and he will again make choice of Jerusalem.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
In Context
13(2:17) Be silent, all flesh! before the Lord; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9For the portion of the Lord is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Esther 6:13And Haman related to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him: then said unto him his wise men and Zeresh his wife, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou wilt not prevail against him, but thou wilt surely fall before him.
Psalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth; for thou wilt possess all the nations.
Psalms 135:4For Jacob hath the Lord chosen unto himself, Israel, as his peculiar treasure.
Isaiah 41:9Thou, whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the midst of its chiefs, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant, I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thy adversaries, all of them, shall go into captivity; and they that plunder thee shall be [given up] to plunder, and all that prey upon thee will I give up for a prey.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 2:11-13
Zion's Prosperity Predicted. ( b. c. 520.) 10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord . 11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. 12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord : for he is raised up out of… Read the whole commentary →