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Zechariah 10:12
12‘I will make my people strong. They will obey me because they love my name.’
Zechariah 10:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will make them strong in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name," declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“So I will strengthen them in the Lord, And they shall walk up and down in His name,” Says the Lord.
Context of Zechariah 10:12
10I will bring my people back from Egypt, and I will bring them here together from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon. There will not be enough room for them all. 11And he will come to the difficult sea. But it will be no trouble to him. He will stop the waves in the sea. He will make the river Nile dry. Proud Assyria will have nothing to be proud about and the power of Egypt's people will finish.’ ‘I will make my people strong. They will obey me because they love my name.’
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וְגִבַּרְתִּים֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Zechariah 10:12
- Zechariah 10:6I will make Judah's people strong, and I will make Israel's people become free. I will bring them back to me, because I am sorry for them. I am their God, and I will answer them. It will be as if I had never turned away from them.
- Zechariah 12:5Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, “The Lord Almighty, their God, makes the people in Jerusalem strong. And they will help us.”
- Psalms 68:34Agree that God is very powerful! He is the King who rules over Israel. He shows his power in the skies.
- Isaiah 41:10I am with you, so do not be afraid. I am your God, so do not be upset. I will make you strong and I will help you. My powerful right hand will keep you safe.”
- Isaiah 45:24They will all say this about me: “The Lord alone is true and strong.” ’ Everybody who has been angry with God will come to him. They will be ashamed that they were angry.
- Ephesians 6:10At the end of my letter, I want to say this to you: Be united with the Lord, so that you are strong. Then his great power will help you.
- Philippians 4:13I can do all these things because Christ makes me strong.
- 2 Timothy 2:1Timothy, you are like my own child. Let God make you strong. He is kind, so trust him to help you, because you belong to Christ Jesus.
- Genesis 5:24Enoch lived to please God all this time, then Enoch was not there any more. God took Enoch to be with him.
- Genesis 24:40My master said “I have lived to please the Lord. He will send his angel to go with you. You will find a wife for my son, because the Lord will help you. You will find a wife for him from among my own family.
- Isaiah 2:5Jacob's family, come now! We need to live in the light that the Lord gives to us.
- Micah 4:5People from other countries may be the servants of other gods. But we will be servants of the Lord our God. We will obey him always.
- Colossians 2:6You have accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord. So remember that you belong to him as you live your lives.
- Colossians 3:17Show that you belong to the Lord Jesus with everything that you do and with everything that you say. Always thank God the Father in the way that you serve Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:12We taught you clearly what is true. We helped you to be strong as believers. God has chosen you to be his own people. You belong to his great kingdom, where he rules. So we told you to live in a way that pleases him.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1Christian friends, there are a few more things that we need to say. We have already taught you how to live in a way that pleases God. And we know that you are living in that way. Now we ask you to continue to live like that even more. On behalf of the Lord Jesus, we seriously ask you to do this.
Commentaries on Zechariah 10:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I will strengthen them in the Lord - I, the God of Israel, will strengthen them in the Lord-Jesus, the Messiah; and thus indeed the Chaldee: I will strengthen them, דיי בימרא bemeymre dayai, in or by the Word of Jehovah, the same personal Word which we so often meet with in the Chaldee paraphrases or Targum. They shall walk up and down in his name - In the name of the Messiah. Saith the Lord - God speaks here, not of himself, but concerning his Christ…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12I will strengthen them in the Lord - As our Lord said to Paul, “My strength is made perfect in weakness,” and Paul said in turn, “When I am weak, then am I strong. And in His Name shall they walk up and down,” have their whole conversation (Dionysius), “in Him according to His will, and diligent in all things to speak and act in ills grace and divine hope.” Jerome: “Christians walk in the Name of Christ, and there is written on the new white stone given…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Christ. Those whom Christ redeemed by his blood, God will gather by his grace. Difficulties shall be got over easily, and effectually, as those in the way of the deliverance out of Egypt. God himself will be their strength, and their song. When we resist…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12This verse repeats the earlier promise that God will strengthen his people (Zechariah 10:6; see Isaiah 41:8–10; compare Psalms 18:1; 22:19; 28:8; 29:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. I ... strengthen them in ... Lord--(Ho 1:7). I, the Father, will strengthen them in the name, that is, the manifested power, of the Lord, Messiah, the Son of God. walk ... in his name--that is, live everywhere and continually under His protection, and according to His will (Ge 5:22; Psa 20:1, 7; Mi 4:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Zechariah 10
- 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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