Zechariah 1:16

Wherefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, I have returned to Jerusalem, with compassions, My house, shall be built therein, declareth Yahweh of hosts, and, a line, shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

In Context

15And, with a great displeasure, am I displeased with the careless nations,—in that, when, I, was displeased (for) a little, then, they, helped forward the calamity,

17Further, proclaim thou, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Yet, shall my cities overflow with blessing! So will Yahweh yet, have compassion, upon Zion, and yet make choice of Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Ezra 6:14And, the elders of the Jews, went on building and prospering, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo,—they both built and finished, owing to the edict of the God of Israel, and owing to the edict of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Isaiah 12:1Thou shalt say, therefore, in that day, I will praise thee, O Yahweh! Though thou hast been angry with me, Thine anger turneth back. And thou dost comfort me.

Isaiah 44:26Establishing the word of his Servant, And the counsel of his Messengers, he maketh good,—Who saith of Jerusalem—She shall be inhabited! And of the cities of Judah—They shall be built! And the ruins thereof, will I set up!

Jeremiah 30:18Thus, saith Yahweh—Behold me! bringing back the captivity of the tents of Jacob, And on his habitations, will I have compassion,—So shall the city be built, upon her own mound, And the citadel, upon its own site, shall remain:

Jeremiah 31:39Then shall go forth again the measuring-line straight forward, Over the hill Gareb, And it shall go round to Goah;

Ezekiel 37:24And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe and do them.

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 1:8-18

The Vision of the Horse and Myrtles; Intercession for Jerusalem. ( b. c. 520.) 7 Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And… Read the whole commentary →

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