Zechariah 8:7

Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! saving my people out of the land of the dawn,—and out of the land of the going in of the sun;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Because it will be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people, in those days, In mine own eyes also, shall it be marvellous? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts.

8And I will bring them in, and they shall have their habitation in the midst of Jerusalem,—and shall become my people, and, I, will become their God, In faithfulness and in righteousness.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 1:9When ye return unto me and keep my commandments and do them, though it should be that ye have been driven out unto the uttermost part of the heavens, from thence, will I gather them, and bring them into the place that I have chosen to make a habitation for my Name there.

Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of Yahweh say, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;

Psalms 147:2Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together.

Isaiah 11:12And he will lift up a standard to the nations, And will gather the outcasts of Israel,—And the dispersed of Judah, will he collect, From the four corners of the earth.

Isaiah 43:5Do not fear for, with thee, I am,—From the East, will I bring in thy seed, And, from the West, will I gather thee:

Isaiah 59:19That they may revere—From the West the name of Yahweh, And from the Rising of the Sun his glory, For he will come in like a rushing stream, the breath of Yahweh, driving it on;

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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