Zechariah 8:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 30:19-20 : 19 Out of them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing. I will increase their numbers, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be despised. 20 Their children will be as they were in former times, and their community will be established before Me. I will punish all who oppress them.
  • Jer 31:13 : 13 The 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.
  • Jer 31:27 : 27 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.
  • Jer 33:11 : 11 The sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride, the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, 'Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,' will again be heard. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first, says the Lord.
  • Lam 2:19 : 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the start of the night watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your little children who faint from hunger at every street corner.
  • Zech 2:4 : 4 I 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.'
  • Matt 11:16-17 : 16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions: 17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
  • Ps 128:3-4 : 3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. 4 Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.
  • Ps 144:12-15 : 12 May our sons be like well-nurtured plants growing up in their youth, our daughters like pillars carved for a palace. 13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields. 14 May our oxen be strong for heavy labor, with no breach or leaving of the gates, and no outcry in our streets. 15 Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Zech 8:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3 This 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.

    4 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.

  • Zech 8:6
    78%

    6 This 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.

  • Zech 8:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Again, peoples and inhabitants of many cities will come,

    21 and 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.’

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

  • Jer 31:13
    72%

    13 The 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.

  • Zech 2:4
    72%

    4 I 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.'

  • Ps 148:12
    71%

    12 young men and young women, old men and children.

  • Zech 14:11
    70%

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

  • Jer 17:25
    70%

    25 then 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.

  • Ps 144:13
    70%

    13 May our storehouses be full, producing all kinds of supply; may our sheep increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields.

  • Jer 31:38
    70%

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

  • Jer 33:10
    70%

    10 This 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.

  • Ezek 14:22
    70%

    22 Yet, 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.

  • Isa 65:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.

    19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.

  • Jer 19:8
    69%

    8 I will make this city desolate and an object of scorn. Everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds.

  • Isa 3:4
    69%

    4 I will make boys their leaders, and immature children will rule over them.

  • Jer 50:30
    69%

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

  • Zech 1:17
    69%

    17 Proclaim again: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.'

  • Jer 33:12
    69%

    12 This 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.

  • Isa 32:13
    69%

    13 The land of my people will be covered with thorns and briers, indeed over all the joyful houses in the jubilant city.

  • Ezek 11:6
    69%

    6 You have multiplied your slain in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

  • Zech 2:10
    69%

    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 49:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 How is the city of praise, the city of my joy, not forsaken!

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

  • Matt 11:16
    69%

    16 To what can I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to their companions:

  • Zech 8:11
    69%

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

  • Jer 7:34
    68%

    34 I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and groom, in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

  • Isa 54:13
    68%

    13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

  • Jer 16:9
    68%

    9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to silence in this place—in your sight and in your days—the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride.

  • Jer 16:3
    68%

    3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land:

  • Isa 24:12
    68%

    12 Only desolation is left in the city; the gate is battered into ruins.

  • Ps 55:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 Confuse, O Lord, and divide their speech, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.

    11 Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it.

  • Jer 31:23
    68%

    23 This 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.'

  • Isa 5:9
    68%

    9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.

  • Zeph 1:10
    68%

    10 On that day—this is the Lord’s declaration—there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, wailing from the Second District, and a loud crash from the hills.

  • Zech 8:15
    68%

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

  • Amos 5:16
    68%

    16 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord says: There will be wailing in all the open squares, and in all the streets they will say, 'Woe, woe!' They will summon the farmer to mourning and professional mourners to lamentation.

  • Zeph 3:14
    68%

    14 Sing aloud, Daughter Zion; shout, Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!

  • Isa 2:3
    68%

    3 Many peoples will come and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.' For instruction will go out from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Jer 9:21
    68%

    21 Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them.

  • Zech 14:2
    68%

    2 For 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 17:19
    68%

    19 This is what the LORD said to me: 'Go and stand at the gate of the people through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, and also at all the gates of Jerusalem.'

  • Jer 14:16
    68%

    16 And the people to whom they are prophesying will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them—them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

  • Jer 7:17
    68%

    17 Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

  • Isa 66:12
    68%

    12 For this is what the Lord says: 'I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her hip, and you will be bounced on her knees.'

  • Isa 8:18
    67%

    18 Here I am, along with the children the Lord has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.