American Standard Version
Zechariah 8:7
7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
Zechariah 8:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
- New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east And from the land of the west;
Context of Zechariah 8:7
5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 6Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8and 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. 9Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Read all of Zechariah 8Zechariah 8:7 word by word
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ אֶת־עַמִּ֖י מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִזְרָ֑ח וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץ מְב֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Zechariah 8:7
- Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of Jehovah sayso, Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
- Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, that shall remain, 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 27:12And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:5Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
- Isaiah 49:12Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
- Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of Jehovah driveth.
- Isaiah 66:19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send such as 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 nations.
- Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts 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 they return hither.
- Ezekiel 37:19say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
- Hosea 11:10They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.
- Amos 9:14And I will bring back the captivity of my people 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.
- 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 Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
- Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Psalms 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah’s name is to be praised.
Commentaries on Zechariah 8:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7I will save my people from the east country, and from the west - From every land in which any of them may be found. But these promises principally regard the Christian Church, or the bringing in the Jews with the fullness of the Gentiles.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will save My people from the East country and from the West country - Dionysius: “that is, the whole world; for Israel had been scattered in every part of the world.” God had said to Israel, “I will bring thy seed from the east and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back” Isaiah 43:5-6. The two tribes had been carried to Babylon and had been dispersed, or had been allowed to migrate to the various…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7from the land of the east and from the land of the west: This phrase means "from all the places where the Hebrew people had been scattered." It refers to the many regions where they lived after being forced out of their land (compare Isaiah 43:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. save my people from ... east ... west--that is, from every region (compare Psa 50:1; the "West" is literally, "the going down of the sun") to which they are scattered; they are now found especially in countries west of Jerusalem. The dispersion under Nebuchadnezzar was only to the east, namely, to Babylonia. The restoration, including a spiritual return to God (Zec 8:8), here foretold, must therefore be still future (Is 11:11, 12; 43:5, 6; Eze 37:21…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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