Zechariah 8:1

THE MESSAGE

And then these Messages from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "I am zealous for Zion—I care! I'm angry about Zion—I'm involved!" God 's Message:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord of Armies came:

Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me.

King James Version (1611)
Againe the word of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying;

King James Version
Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord of hosts came, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of armies came, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the worde of the Lord of hostes came to me, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:

Contemporary English Version
The Lord All-Powerful said to me:

Complete Jewish Bible
A message came from Adonai -Tzva'ot:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came [unto me], saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This is a message from the Lord All-Powerful.

George Lamsa Translation
AGAIN the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord Almighty gave this message to Zechariah:

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me , saying,

American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came to me, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the word of the lord of hoastes came vnto me, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying,

English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

World English Bible
The word of Yahweh of Hosts came to me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord of oostis was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came [to me], saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying,

New English Translation
Then the word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:

New King James Version
Again the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,

New Living Translation
Then another message came to me from the Lord of Heaven's Armies:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the word of Yahweh of hosts came, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah of Hosts, saying:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So the worde of the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:

Contextual Overview

¹And then these Messages from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "I am zealous for Zion—I care! I'm angry about Zion—I'm involved!" God 's Message: ³ "I've come back to Zion, I've moved back to Jerusalem. Jerusalem's new names will be Truth City, and Mountain of God -of-the-Angel-Armies, and Mount Holiness." ⁴A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "Old men and old women will come back to Jerusalem, sit on benches on the streets and spin tales, move around safely with their canes—a good city to grow old in. And boys and girls will fill the public parks, laughing and playing—a good city to grow up in." ⁶ A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "Do the problems of returning and rebuilding by just a few survivors seem too much? But is anything too much for me? Not if I have my say." ⁷A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "I'll collect my people from countries to the east and countries to the west. I'll bring them back and move them into Jerusalem. They'll be my people and I'll be their God. I'll stick with them and do right by them."

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Zechariah 6:9 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 8:7
He sent out a raven; it flew back and forth waiting for the floodwaters to dry up. Then he sent a dove to check on the flood conditions, but it couldn't even find a place to perch—water still covered the Earth. Noah reached out and caught it, brought it back into the ship.

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.

Genesis 8:22
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."

Genesis 19:29
And that's the story: When God destroyed the Cities of the Plain, he was mindful of Abraham and first got Lot out of there before he blasted those cities off the face of the Earth.

Genesis 30:22
And then God remembered Rachel. God listened to her and opened her womb. She became pregnant and had a son. She said, "God has taken away my humiliation." She named him Joseph (Add), praying, "May God add yet another son to me."

Exodus 2:24
God listened to their groanings. God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and God , with a terrific east wind all night long, made the sea go back. He made the sea dry ground. The seawaters split.

Numbers 22:32
God 's angel said to him: "Why have you beaten your poor donkey these three times? I have come here to block your way because you're getting way ahead of yourself. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she hadn't, I would have killed you by this time, but not the donkey. I would have let her off."

1 Samuel 1:19
Up before dawn, they worshiped God and returned home to Ramah. Elkanah slept with Hannah his wife, and God began making the necessary arrangements in response to what she had asked.

Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, O my God, for this. Don't ever forget the devoted work I have done for The Temple of God and its worship.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again the word of the Lord of hosts came [to me] saying. The phrase, "to me", is wanting in the Hebrew text; and is the only place it is wanting in, as the Masora observes; though undoubtedly it is to be understood; and therefore is rightly supplied, as it is by the Targum, "with me". Mention being made in the latter part of the preceding chapter Zechariah 7:8 of the desolations of the earth, comfort is here administered, as Aben Ezra notes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dionysius: “After the Lord had, in the preceding chapter, manifoldly rebuked the Jewish people, He now comforts it with renewed promises, as a good physician, who after a bitter draught employs sweet and soothing remedies; as that most loving Samaritan poured in wine and oil.” The chapter falls into two portions, each marked by the words, The Word of the Lord of hosts came or came unto me, the first Zechariah 8:1-17 declaring the reversal of the former judgments, and the complete, though conditional, restoration of God’s favor; the 2nd Zechariah 8:18-23 containing the answer to the original question as to those fasts, in the declaration of the joy and the spread of the Gospel. The first portion has, again, a sevenfold, the second, a threefold subordinate division; marked by the beginning, “Thus saith the Lord of hosts.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VIII

In this chapter God promises the continuance of his favour to

those who are returned from the captivity; so that upon the

removal of his judgments, the fasts they had observed during

the captivity may now be converted to so many occasions of

rejoicing. He likewise promises in due time a general

restoration of his people, and the enlargement of the Church

by the accession of the Gentiles, 1-20.

The conclusion of the chapter intimates farther that the Jews,

after their restoration, will be instrumental in converting

many other nations, 21-23.

Compare Romans 11:15-16.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII