KJV King James Version
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
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Zechariah 8:7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
Surrounding context — Zechariah 8
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
10 For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּ֤הH3541 · kohthusאָמַר֙H559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֔וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyהִנְנִ֥יH2005 · henlook!מוֹשִׁ֛יעַH3467 · ya.sahto saveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַמִּ֖יH5971 · ampeopleמֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִזְרָ֑חH4217 · miz.rachEast (Gate)וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמְב֥וֹאH3996 · ma.voentranceהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃H8121 · she.meshsun
Cross-references
Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.Isaiah 27:12-13And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.Amos 9:14-15And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.Isaiah 49:12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name [shall be] great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense [shall be] offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name [shall be] great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.Isaiah 43:5-6Fear not: for I [am] with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;Romans 11:25-27For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.Psalm 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name [is] to be praised.Hosea 11:10-11They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.Psalm 50:1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.Isaiah 11:11-16And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.Isaiah 66:19-20And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.Psalm 107:2-3Let the redeemed of the LORD say [so], whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;Ezekiel 37:19-25Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which [is] in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
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