Zechariah 8:12
For the seede shall be prosperous: the vine shall giue her fruite, and the ground shall giue her increase, and the heauens shall giue their dewe, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
11But nowe, I wil not intreate the residue of this people as aforetime, saith the Lord of hostes.
Cross References
Genesis 27:28God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine.
Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shalbe the fruite of thy body, and ye fruite of thy ground, and the fruite of thy cattel, the increase of thy kine, and ye flocks of thy sheepe.
Deuteronomy 33:13And of Ioseph hee sayde, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneath,
1 Kings 17:1And Eliiah the Tishbite one of the inhabitats of Gilead sayde vnto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liueth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dewe nor rayne these yeeres, but according to my worde.
Psalms 67:7God shall blesse vs, and all the endes of the earth shall feare him.
Proverbs 3:9Honour the Lord with thy riches, and with the first fruites of all thine increase.
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:10-18
Encouraging Prospects. ( b. c. 517.) 9 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. 10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. 11 But now I will not… Read the whole commentary →