Zechariah 8:4

Thus 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

In Context

3Thus 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

5And the rechovot of the city 1 shall be full of yeladim and yeladot 1 playing in the rechovot thereof. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:31Hinei, the yamim are coming, that I will cut off thine zero'a, and the zero'a of the Bais Avicha, that there shall not be a zaken in thine Bais.

Job 42:17So Iyov died, being zaken and full of yamim.

Lamentations 2:20Look, Hashem, and consider 1 to whom Thou hast done this. 1 Shall the nashim eat their offspring, 1 the children they have cared for? 1 Shall the Kohen and the Navi 1 be slain in the Mikdash Adonoi? 1

Hebrews 12:22But you have come to Mount Tziyon, that is, HaIr HaElohim Chayyim, to the Yerushalayim in Shomayim and to myriads of malachim in a knesset innumerable,

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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