Zechariah 8:13

And it shall come to pass, 1 that as ye were a kelalah (curse) among the Goyim, 1 O Bais Yehudah, and Bais Yisroel; 1 so will I save you, 1 and ye shall be a brocha; 1 fear not, but let your hands be strong. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

In Context

12For the zera is of shalom; 1 the gefen shall yield her fruit, 1 and ha'aretz shall give her increase, 1 and HaShomayim shall give their tal; 1 and I will cause the she'erit HaAm HaZeh 1 to possess all these things for a nachalah. 1

14For thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 As I determined to bring rah on you, 1 when your avot provoked Me to wrath, 1 saith Hashem Tzava'os, 1 and I relented not with rachamim: 1

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2So that I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), so that I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and so thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

Deuteronomy 26:19And to set thee high above kol HaGoyim which He hath made, in tehillah (praise), and in shem, and in tiferet; and that thou mayest be an Am Kadosh unto Hashem Eloheicha, as He hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 29:23Even Kol HaGoyim shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto this land? What meaneth the heat of this af hagadol (great anger)?

1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Yisroel out of the adamah which I have given them; and this Beis, + 9:7 HaMikdash which I have set apart as kodesh for Shemi, will I cast out of My sight; and Yisroel shall be a mashal (proverb) and a sheninah (taunt, byword) among kol ha'ammim;

2 Chronicles 7:20Then will I uproot them out of My Adamah which I have given them; and HaBeis HaZeh, which I have set apart as kodesh for Shmi, will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a Mashal (byword) and an object of ridicule among Kol haAmim.

Psalms 44:16Kol hayom my dishonor is continually before me, 1 and the shame of my face hath covered me, 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:10-18

Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. 10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not… Read the whole commentary →

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