Zechariah 8:15

New Living Translation

But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"But now I have changed my mind. And in the same way I have decided to be good to Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. So don't be afraid!

New American Standard Bible
so I have again determined in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

New Century Version
"But now I will do something different. I am planning to do good to Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

Update Bible Version
so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: don't be afraid.

Webster's Bible Translation
So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Amplified Bible
so I have again planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

English Standard Version
so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

World English Bible
so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
seith the Lord, and Y hadde not merci, so Y conuertid thouyte in these daies for to do wel to the hous of Juda and Jerusalem; nyle ye drede.

English Revised Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Berean Standard Bible
"so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

Contemporary English Version
Now you no longer need to be afraid. I have decided to treat Jerusalem and Judah with kindness.

American Standard Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Bible in Basic English
So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

Complete Jewish Bible
so now, I resolve to do good to Yerushalayim and to the house of Y'hudah. Don't be afraid!

Darby Translation
so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
so again do I purpose in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear ye not.

King James Version (1611)
So againe haue I thought in these dayes to doe well vnto Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah: feare ye not.

New Life Bible
But now I want to do good to Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. Do not be afraid.

New Revised Standard
so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do not be afraid.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So againe haue I determined in these daies to doe well vnto Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah: feare ye not.

George Lamsa Translation
So again have I turned and thought in these days to do well to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, have I again planned, in these days, to do good unto Jerusalem, and unto the house of Judah, - Do not fear!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not.

Revised Standard Version
so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen so am I determined now in these dayes for to do well vnto the house of Iuda & Hierusale: [therfore] feare ye not.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage.

Good News Translation
But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid.

Christian Standard Bible®
“so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid.

Hebrew Names Version
so again have I thought in these days to do good to Yerushalayim and to the house of Yehudah. Don't be afraid.

King James Version
So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Lexham English Bible
so again I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid!

Literal Translation
so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem, and the house of Judah. Do not fear.

Young's Literal Translation
So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so am I determed now in these dayes, for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem, therfore feare ye not.

New English Translation
so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah—do not fear!

New King James Version
So again in these days I am determined to do good To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

Legacy Standard Bible
so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear!

Contextual Overview

⁹ "This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: Be strong and finish the task! Ever since the laying of the foundation of the Temple of the Lord of Heaven's Armies, you have heard what the prophets have been saying about completing the building. ¹⁰ Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no money to hire people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other. ¹¹ "But now I will not treat the remnant of my people as I treated them before, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. ¹² For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these blessings. ¹³ Among the other nations, Judah and Israel became symbols of a cursed nation. But no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing. So don't be afraid. Be strong, and get on with rebuilding the Temple! ¹⁴ "For this is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the Lord of Heaven's Armies. ¹⁵ But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid. ¹⁶ But this is what you must do: Tell the truth to each other. Render verdicts in your courts that are just and that lead to peace. ¹⁷ Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the Lord ."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

have: Jeremiah 29:11-14, Jeremiah 32:42, Micah 4:10-13, Micah 7:18-20

fear: Zechariah 8:13, Isaiah 43:1, Isaiah 43:2, Zephaniah 3:16, Zephaniah 3:17, Luke 12:32

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 23:20 - until Joel 2:21 - Fear Haggai 2:5 - fear

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So again,.... Or "so I am returned" n, as in Zechariah 8:3:

have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah; by bestowing the above mentioned blessings on them; and as Jehovah has thought, so it comes to pass, and as he has purposed, so it stands; whatever he determines shall be, as for evil, so for good, Isaiah 14:24:

fear ye not; as in Zechariah 8:13.

n כן שבתי "sic conversus sum", Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin; "ita conversus", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "reversus sum", Burkius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So have I turned and purposed in these days to do well unto Jerusalem - Dionysius: “God, to be better understood, speaketh with the feelings and after the manner of men, although, in the passionless and unchangeable God, there is no provocation to anger, nor turning, implying change in Himself.” So He says by Jeremiah, “I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil” Jeremiah 29:11. And, with the same contrast as here, “As I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to throw down, and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, saith the Lord” Jeremiah 31:28. His having done what He purposed before was an earnest the more, that He would do what He purposed now. His chastisements were the earnests of His mercies; for they too were an austere form of His love. Osorius: “When the Lord stretches out His hand to strike those who are contumacious in guilt, none can hold His hand that He exact not the due punishment. Therefore He says, that He repented not; so, when He receives to grace those who repent of their sins, no one can any way delay the course of His benevolence. “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” Romans 11:29.

And to the house of Judah - Ribera: He speaks to the two tribes, not to, or of the ten, because Christ was to come to the two tribes, and Zechariah was prophesying to them, and they were to be admonished to prepare themselves in good works, lest the coming of Christ should not profit them, on account of their depraved ways. But the ten tribes were far off in the cities of the Medes, nor was Christ to come to them; but they were to hear the Gospel through the Apostles, and so he prophesies of the conversion of all to the glory of Christ, yet he could not admonish all, but those only to whom he was sent.