Zechariah 8:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: As it was my purpose to do evil to you when your fathers made me angry, says the Lord of armies, and my purpose was not changed:

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  • Jer 31:28 : 28 And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.
  • Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the Lord have said the word and I will do it; I will not go back or have mercy, and my purpose will not be changed; in the measure of your ways and of your evil doings you will be judged, says the Lord.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.
  • Jer 15:1-6 : 1 Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go. 2 And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away. 3 And I will put over them four divisions, says the Lord: the sword causing death, dogs pulling the dead bodies about, and the birds of heaven, and the beasts of the earth to take their bodies for food and put an end to them. 4 And I will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and what he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? and who will have sorrow for you? or who will go out of his way to see how you are? 6 You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose.
  • Jer 20:16 : 16 May that man be like the towns overturned by the Lord without mercy: let a cry for help come to his ears in the morning, and the sound of war in the middle of the day;
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they put shame on the servants of God, making sport of his words and laughing at his prophets, till the wrath of God was moved against his people, till there was no help.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 8:15
    82%

    15 So in these days it is again my purpose to do good to Jerusalem and to the children of Judah: have no fear.

  • Jer 18:8
    78%

    8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.

  • Jer 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.

    11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.

  • Zech 8:11
    75%

    11 But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.

  • Jer 42:10
    75%

    10 If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.

  • Num 33:56
    75%

    56 And it will come about that as it was my purpose to do to them, so I will do to you.

  • Jer 26:13
    75%

    13 So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.

  • Jer 15:6
    74%

    6 You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose.

  • Zech 1:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers:

    3 And you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord of armies: Come back to me, says the Lord of armies, and I will come back to you.

    4 Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

  • Isa 14:24
    74%

    24 The Lord has taken an oath, saying, My design will certainly come about, and my purpose will be effected:

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 But you have not given ear to me, says the Lord; so that you have made me angry with the work of your hands, causing evil to yourselves.

    8 So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

  • Exod 32:14
    74%

    14 So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

  • Zech 8:13
    74%

    13 And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.

  • Zech 8:18
    73%

    18 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

  • Jer 29:11
    73%

    11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

  • Zech 8:1
    73%

    1 And the word of the Lord of armies came to me, saying,

  • Zech 1:6
    73%

    6 But my words and my orders, which I gave to my servants the prophets, have they not overtaken your fathers? and turning back they said, As it was the purpose of the Lord of armies to do to us, in reward for our ways and our doings, so has he done.

  • Jer 30:11
    73%

    11 For I am with you, says the Lord, to be your saviour: for I will put an end to all the nations where I have sent you wandering, but I will not put an end to you completely: though with wise purpose I will put right your errors, and will not let you go quite without punishment.

  • Hag 1:7
    73%

    7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.

  • Amos 7:3
    73%

    3 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, It will not be.

  • Zeph 3:7
    72%

    7 I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

  • Jer 26:3
    72%

    3 It may be that they will give ear, and that every man will be turned from his evil way, so that my purpose of sending evil on them because of the evil of their doings may be changed.

  • Hag 2:17
    72%

    17 And I sent burning and wasting and a rain of ice-drops on all the works of your hands; but still you were not turned to me, says the Lord.

  • Zech 1:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 And I am very angry with the nations who are living untroubled: for when I was only a little angry, they made the evil worse.

    16 So this is what the Lord has said: I have come back to Jerusalem with mercies; my house is to be put up in her, says the Lord of armies, and a line is to be stretched out over Jerusalem.

  • Jer 19:15
    72%

    15 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send on this town and on all her towns all the evil which I have said; because they made their necks stiff, so that they might not give ear to my words.

  • Jer 50:18
    72%

    18 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.

  • Jer 21:14
    72%

    14 I will send punishment on you in keeping with the fruit of your doings, says the Lord: and I will put a fire in her woodlands, burning up everything round about her.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    72%

    8 And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

  • Mal 2:2
    72%

    2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

  • Jer 9:9
    72%

    9 Am I not to send punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

  • Jer 7:14
    72%

    14 For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Jer 25:29
    72%

    29 For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

  • Mal 3:13
    72%

    13 Your words have been strong against me, says the Lord. And still you say, What have we said against you?

  • Jer 4:8
    71%

    8 For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.

  • Jer 7:3
    71%

    3 The Lord of armies, the God of Israel, says, Let your ways and your doings be changed for the better and I will let you go on living in this place.

  • Jer 3:12
    71%

    12 Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

  • Jer 3:19
    71%

    19 But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

  • Amos 2:4
    71%

    4 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way.

  • Jer 4:28
    71%

    28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

  • Lev 26:18
    71%

    18 And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.

  • Jer 44:11
    71%

    11 So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;

  • Amos 7:6
    71%

    6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be.

  • Mal 3:7
    71%

    7 From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?