Zechariah 9:17

How great shall be their prosperity, and how great their beauty! Corn shall make the young men thrive, and new wire the maidens.

Noyes Bible

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 Jehovah, their God, shall save them in that day; He will save his people as a flock; For they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifting themselves up in his land.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:7How precious is thy loving-kindness, O God! Yea, the sons of men seek refuge 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 a God full of compassion and kindness, Long-suffering, rich in mercy and truth!

Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants, Grown up in their youth; Our daughters as corner-pillars, Hewn like those of a palace!

Song of Solomon 5:10[[M.]] My 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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