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THE MESSAGE

Zechariah 8:18

Again I received a Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "The days of mourning set for the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be turned into days of feasting for Judah—celebration and holiday. Embrace truth! Love peace!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gentiles;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Zechariah, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Zion;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Zechariah, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the word of the Lord of Armies came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me.
King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of armies came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord All-Powerful spoke his word to me again.
Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me (Zechariah), saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh of hosts came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord All-Powerful told me to say:
Complete Jewish Bible
This word of Adonai -Tzva'ot came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
I received this message from the Lord All-Powerful.
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD of hosts 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 to me, saying
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah of Hosts was to me, saying,
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto 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 unto me, saying:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the word of the Lorde of hoastes came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto 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
And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
New English Translation
The word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows:
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
Here is another message that 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 unto me, 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 unto me, saying:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me, sayenge:

Contextual Overview

18Again I received a Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "The days of mourning set for the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will be turned into days of feasting for Judah—celebration and holiday. Embrace truth! Love peace!" 20A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "People and their leaders will come from all over to see what's going on. The leaders will confer with one another: ‘Shouldn't we try to get in on this? Get in on God 's blessings? Pray to God -of-the-Angel-Armies? What's keeping us? Let's go!' 22 "Lots of people, powerful nations—they'll come to Jerusalem looking for what they can get from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, looking to get a blessing from God ." 23 A Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies: "At that time, ten men speaking a variety of languages will grab the sleeve of one Jew, hold tight, and say, ‘Let us go with you. We've heard that God is with you.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Zechariah 8:9 - Let Acts 2:5 - were 1 Peter 1:11 - the glory

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord of hosts came unto me, saying. The word of prophecy, as the Targum paraphrases it: here begins a new prophecy, respecting the abrogation of Jewish fasts, and the calling of the Gentiles.


 
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