Zechariah 8:7

Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 Behold, I am about to rescue my people from the land of the sunrise and from the land of the setting sun! 1

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In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

In Context

6Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 If something seems impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, 1 should it also seem impossible in my eyes?—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

8For I will bring them back, 1 and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem, 1 so they will again be my people, 1 and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness! 1

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Cross References

Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to me and follow my commandments and do them, though your people were scattered under the farthest skies, I will gather them from there and bring them to that place where I have chosen to make my name remain.'

Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of Yahweh speak out, 1 those he has rescued from the hand of the enemy. 1

Psalms 147:2Yahweh rebuilds Jerusalem, 1 he gathers together the scattered people of Israel. 1

Isaiah 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations and will gather the outcasts of Israel 1 and the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 1

Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; 1 I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west. 1

Isaiah 59:19So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh. 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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