Zechariah 9:17

For how great will be [that generation's] happiness, and how great its beauty! corn shall make the young men sing joyfully, and new wine the virgins.

Leeser Tanakh

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 save them on that day as the flock of his people; for [like] the stones of a crown, will they elevate themselves 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 kindness, O God! And the children of men that seek shelter under the shadow of thy wings,—

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

Psalms 86:15But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.

Psalms 144:12So that our sons may be like plants, grown up in their youth: our daughters, like corner-pillars, sculptured in the model of a palace.

Song of Solomon 5:10My friend is white and ruddy, distinguished 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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