Zechariah 8:4

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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Old men and women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each holding a staff in hand because of old age.

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  • 1 Sam 2:31 : 31 The days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
  • Job 5:26 : 26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in its season.
  • Job 42:17 : 17 And so Job died, old and full of days.
  • Isa 65:20-22 : 20 No longer will there be an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought of as a mere youth, and one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They will not build and have another inhabit, nor will they plant and have another eat. For like the days of a tree will be the days of my people, and my chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  • Lam 2:20-22 : 20 Look, LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their own children, the little ones they have cherished? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21 Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity. 22 You summoned, as if to a feast day, terrors on every side. On the day of the LORD’s anger, no one escaped or survived. Those I cared for and raised, my enemy has destroyed.
  • Lam 5:11-15 : 11 Women in Zion were violated, virgins in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes were hung by their hands; elders were shown no respect. 13 Young men toil at the grinding millstones, and boys stumble under heavy loads of wood. 14 The elders have left the city gate, and the young men have ceased their music. 15 The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned into mourning.
  • Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly,

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    5And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.

    6This is what the LORD of Hosts says: If this seems incredible to the remnant of this people in those days, will it also seem incredible to me? declares the LORD of Hosts.

    7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Behold, I will rescue my people from the land of the east and the land of the west.

    8I will bring them back to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.

    9This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Let your hands be strong, you who in these days hear these words from the mouths of the prophets who were present when the foundation was laid for rebuilding the temple of the LORD of Hosts.

  • Zech 8:20-23
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    20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come,

    21and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

    22And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.

    23This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In those days, ten men from every language and nation will take hold of the robe of a Jewish man and say, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’

  • Zech 8:3
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    3This is what the LORD says: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.

  • Zech 14:11
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    11And people will live in it, and there will no longer be any curse of destruction. Jerusalem will dwell in security.

  • Zech 1:16-17
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    16'Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion; my house will be rebuilt, declares the Lord of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.'

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  • Zech 2:4
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    4I asked, 'What are these coming to do?' And he answered, 'These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could lift his head. But these craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down the horns of the nations who lifted their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.'

  • Zech 8:11
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    11But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past, declares the LORD of Hosts.

  • Jer 31:23-24
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    23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Once again they will say this in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes: 'May the LORD bless you, O dwelling of righteousness, O holy mountain.'

    24People will live together in Judah and all its cities—farmers and those who move with the herds.

  • Mic 4:4
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    4Each person will sit under their own vine and their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken.

  • Jer 33:12
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    12This is what the Lord Almighty says: In this desolate place, without people or animals, and in all its towns, there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

  • Zech 8:15
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    15so now I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Do not be afraid.

  • Zech 14:1-2
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    1Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when your plunder will be divided in your midst.

    2For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

  • Jer 8:4
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    4You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up? If they turn away, do they not return?’

  • Zech 12:8
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    8On that day, the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them.

  • Jer 33:10
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    10This is what the Lord says: You say of this place, 'It is desolate, without people or animals,' in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, without people, inhabitants, or animals.

  • Ps 148:12
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    12young men and young women, old men and children.

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    3Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.

  • Mic 4:7-8
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    7'I will make the lame a remnant, those driven away a strong nation. The LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion from that time on and forever.'

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  • Isa 3:1-2
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    1See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.

    2The mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder.

  • Jer 31:13
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    13The young women will rejoice and dance, and the young men and the old together. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness in place of sorrow.

  • Ezek 14:22
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    22Yet, behold, there will be survivors, some sons and daughters brought out. They will come to you, and you will see their ways and their deeds. You will be comforted concerning the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem, all I have brought upon it.

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    4They will rebuild the ancient ruins, restore the places long devastated, and renew the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.

  • Jer 49:26
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    26Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all the warriors will be silenced on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts.

  • Jer 17:25
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    25then kings and princes who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this city, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and the people of Judah and Jerusalem. And this city will be inhabited forever.

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    1The word of the LORD of Hosts came, saying:

  • Zech 2:10
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    10“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

  • Jer 31:38
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    38The days are coming, declares the LORD, when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD, from the Tower of Hananeel to the Corner Gate.

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    30Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, and all her soldiers will perish on that day, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 30:18
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    18This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.

  • Jer 3:17
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    4For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that have been torn down to defend against the siege ramps and the sword:

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    18The word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: