Zechariah 9:17

For how excellent it is! Yea how beautiful! Corn, shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

In Context

16So will Yahweh their God, save them, on that day. yea, as a flock of sheep, his people,—for [they shall be like] the jewels of a diadem sparkling over his land.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is, like unto thee, among the mighty O Yahweh? Who is, like unto thee, Majestic in holiness,—To be revered in praises, Doing a marvellous thing?

Psalms 36:7How precious thy lovingkindness, O God,—Therefore, the sons of men, under the shadow of thy wings, seek refuge:

Psalms 50:2Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.

Psalms 86:15But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

Psalms 144:12That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young,—Our daughters, like corner pillars,—carved, in the construction of a palace:

Song of Solomon 5:10[SHE.] My beloved, is white and ruddy, conspicuous beyond ten thousand:

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 9:13-17

Gospel Invitations; Promises of God's Favour to Israel. ( b. c. 510.) 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. 14 And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the… Read the whole commentary →

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