Zechariah 8:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But now I will not be unto the remnant of this people as in the former days, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֗ה לֹ֣א כַיָּמִ֤ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים֙ אֲנִ֔י לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֑ה נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

And-now not like-hayyāmîm hārišōnîm I to-šəʾērît hāʿām hazzeh nəʾum YHWH ṣəḇāʾôt.

Grammar Details

*hayyāmîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun with preposition kaph - like the days
*hārišōnîm*: definite article + masculine plural adjective - the former/first
*šəʾērît*: feminine singular noun construct with preposition lamed - to remnant of
*hāʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people
*hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative adjective - this
*nəʾum*: masculine singular construct - declaration of
*YHWH*: proper name - divine name
*ṣəḇāʾôt*: plural noun in construct state - of hosts/armies

Word Meanings

*hārišōnîm*: former/first/previous/ancient
*šəʾērît*: remnant/remainder/residue/survivors

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 12:1 : 1 And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.
Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive - tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless [you].
Zech 8:8-9 : 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 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.
Ps 103:9 : 9 He will not always chide; Neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
Isa 11:13 : 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Mal 3:9-9 : 9 Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough [to receive it]. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Zech 8:6-10
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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.
7Thus 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.
10For before those 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 adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.
Zech 8:12
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12For [there shall be] the seed of peace; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
Jer 5:18
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18But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.
Hag 2:9
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9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Zech 8:1
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1And the word of Jehovah of hosts came [to me], saying,
Zech 8:14-15
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14For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: As I thought to do evil unto you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I repented not;
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Zech 11:6
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6For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Jer 8:3
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3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Zech 8:18
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18And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
Zech 8:20-21
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20Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
21and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.
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8And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;
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3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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Zech 2:11
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11And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts has sent me unto thee.
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13And now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
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Jer 33:12
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12Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
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11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
Isa 28:5
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5In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;
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8Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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9And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.
Hag 2:4
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Jer 33:14
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Hag 1:5
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5Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
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Jer 25:8
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Mic 4:7
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Isa 5:9
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