Zechariah 8:20

Yahweh of hosts says this: People will come again, 1 even those who are living in many different cities. 1

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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

In Context

19“Yahweh of hosts says this: The fasts of the fourth month, 1 the fifth month, the seventh month, and the tenth month 1 will become times of joy, gladness, and happy festivals for the house of Judah! 1 Therefore love truth and peace! 1

21The inhabitants of one city will go to another city and say, 1 'Let us quickly go to beg before the face of Yahweh 1 and to seek Yahweh of hosts! We ourselves are also going.' 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:43then please listen from heaven, the place where you live, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you. Do this so that all the peoples on earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel. Do this so they might know that this house I have built is called by your name.

Psalms 22:27All the peoples of the earth will remember and turn to Yahweh; 1 all the families of the nations will bow down before you. 1

Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; 1 may his name continue as long as the sun; 1 may people be blessed in him; 1 may all nations call him blessed. 1

Psalms 117:1Praise Yahweh, all you nations; 1 exalt him, all you peoples. 1

Isaiah 2:2It will be in the last days 1 that the mountain of Yahweh's house 1 will be established as the highest of the mountains, 1 and it will be raised up above the hills, 1 and all the nations will flow to it. 1

Isaiah 49:6and he says, “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, 1 and to restore the survivors of Israel. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, 1 that you may be my salvation to the ends of the earth.” 1

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:19-23

Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 18 And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go… Read the whole commentary →

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