Zechariah 8:9

Yahweh of hosts says this: 1 You who now continue to hear the same words 1 that came from the prophets' mouths 1 when the foundation of my house was laid—this house of mine, Yahweh of hosts: 1 Strengthen your hands so that the temple can be built. 1

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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.

In Context

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

10For before those days 1 no crops were gathered in by anyone, 1 there was no profit for either man or beast, 1 and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming. 1 I had set every person each against his neighbor. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8You will always speak about this book of the law. You will meditate on it day and night so that you can obey all that is written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

1 Chronicles 28:20David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and brave. Do the work. Do not be afraid or anxious, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you nor abandon you until all the work for the service of Yahweh's temple is finished.

Ezra 5:1Then Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo the prophet prophesied in the name of the God of Israel to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem.

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen the weak hands, and steady the knees that shake. 1

Haggai 1:1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, saying,

Haggai 2:4Now, be strong, Zerubbabel!—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and be strong, high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak; 1 and be strong, all you people in the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and work, for I am with you!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 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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