Zechariah 8
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Zechariah 8:16-23

16These are the things which you shall do: speak the 1truth to one another; 2judge with truth and judgment for peace at your 3gates. 17Also let none of you 4devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love 56perjury; for all these things are what I 7hate,’ declares the Lord.”

18Then the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying, 19“The Lord of armies says this: ‘The fast of the 8fourth, the fast of the 9fifth, the fast of the 10seventh, and the fast of the 11tenth months will become 12joy, jubilation, and 13cheerful festivals for the house of Judah; so 14love truth and peace.’

20“The Lord of armies says this: ‘It will yet turn out that 15peoples will come, that is, the inhabitants of many cities. 21The inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, “Let’s go at once to 16plead for the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of armies; 17I also will go.” 22So 18many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord of armies in Jerusalem, and to 19plead for the favor of the Lord.’ 23The Lord of armies says this: ‘In those days ten people from all the 20nations will 2122grasp the 23garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”

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  1. 1. Zechariah 8:16 Ps 15:2; Prov 12:17-19; Zech 8:3; Eph 4:25 ↩
  2. 2. Zechariah 8:16 Is 9:7; 11:4, 5; Zech 7:9 ↩
  3. 3. Zechariah 8:16 I.e., the place where court was held ↩
  4. 4. Zechariah 8:17 Prov 3:29; Jer 4:14; Zech 7:10 ↩
  5. 5. Zechariah 8:17 Lit a false oath ↩
  6. 6. Zechariah 8:17 Zech 5:4; Mal 3:5 ↩
  7. 7. Zechariah 8:17 Prov 6:16-19; Hab 1:13 ↩
  8. 8. Zechariah 8:19 2 Kin 25:3, 4; Jer 39:2 ↩
  9. 9. Zechariah 8:19 Zech 7:3, 5 ↩
  10. 10. Zechariah 8:19 2 Kin 25:25; Zech 7:5 ↩
  11. 11. Zechariah 8:19 Jer 52:4 ↩
  12. 12. Zechariah 8:19 Ps 30:11; Is 12:1 ↩
  13. 13. Zechariah 8:19 Or goodly ↩
  14. 14. Zechariah 8:19 Zech 8:16; Luke 1:74, 75 ↩
  15. 15. Zechariah 8:20 Ps 117:1; Jer 16:19; Mic 4:2, 3; Zech 2:11; 14:16 ↩
  16. 16. Zechariah 8:21 Zech 7:2 ↩
  17. 17. Zechariah 8:21 Or let me go too ↩
  18. 18. Zechariah 8:22 Is 2:2, 3; 25:7; 49:6, 22, 23; 60:3-12 ↩
  19. 19. Zechariah 8:22 Zech 8:21 ↩
  20. 20. Zechariah 8:23 Lit languages of the nations ↩
  21. 21. Zechariah 8:23 Lit grasp, and they will grasp ↩
  22. 22. Zechariah 8:23 Is 45:14, 24; 60:14 ↩
  23. 23. Zechariah 8:23 Lit hem of a garment ↩

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