Zechariah 8:3

Thus saith Hashem: 1 I will return unto Tziyon, 1 and will dwell in the midst of Yerushalayim; 1 and Yerushalayim shall be called Ir HaEmes; 1 and Har Hashem Tzva'os, Har HaKodesh. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

In Context

2Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 I am jealous for Tziyon with kina gedolah (great jealousy) 1 and I am jealous for her with chemah gedolah (great fury). 1

4Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Zekenim and zekenot shall yet dwell in the rechovot of Yerushalayim, 1 and every man with his staff in his hand me'rov yamim (because of many days). + 8:4 i.e., old age 1

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6I have set Malki (My King) 1 upon Tziyon, My Har Kodesh. 1

Isaiah 1:26And I will restore thy shofetim as at the first, 1 and thy counselors as at the beginning: 1 afterward thou shalt be called, 1 The Ir HaTzedek, the Kiryah Ne'emanah. 1

Isaiah 11:9They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kodesh; 1 for ha'aretz shall be full of the da'as Hashem, 1 as the mayim cover the sea.

Isaiah 32:16Then mishpat shall dwell in the midbar, 1 and tzedakah live in the carmel. 1

Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 1 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; 1 and aphar shall be the lechem of the nachash. 1 They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kadosh, 1 saith Hashem. + 65:25 T.N. This last chapter makes a reference to Gehinnom and the just retribution coming

Jeremiah 14:9Why shouldest Thou be as an ish astonished, 1 as a gibbor that cannot save? 1 Yet Thou, Hashem, art in the midst of us, 1 and we are called by Thy Shem; 1 forsake us not. 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:2-9

Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 1 Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the Lord ; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. 4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and… Read the whole commentary →

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