Zechariah 8:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

For thus says the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, and I did not relent:

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  • Jer 31:28 : 28 And it shall come to pass, that just as I have watched over them, to uproot, to break down, to throw down, and to destroy, and to harm; so will I watch over them, to build and to plant, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 24:14 : 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.
  • Jer 15:1-6 : 1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. 5 For who shall have pity upon you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall turn aside to ask how you are? 6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.
  • Jer 20:16 : 16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and did not repent: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontime;
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Ps 33:11 : 11 The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Isa 14:24 : 24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it will come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it will stand:
  • Zech 1:6 : 6 But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Zech 8:15
    82%

    15So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear not.

  • Jer 18:8
    78%

    8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

  • Jer 18:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10If it does evil in my sight, so that it does not obey my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.

    11Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

  • Zech 8:11
    75%

    11But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Jer 42:10
    75%

    10If you will still abide in this land, then I will build you up, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent of the evil that I have done unto you.

  • Num 33:56
    75%

    56Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I will do to you as I thought to do to them.

  • Jer 26:13
    75%

    13Therefore now amend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

  • Jer 15:6
    74%

    6You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.

  • Zech 1:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2The LORD has been very displeased with your fathers.

    3Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts.

    4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.

  • Isa 14:24
    74%

    24The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it will come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it will stand:

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7Yet you have not listened to Me, says the LORD; that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

    8Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard My words,

  • Exod 32:14
    74%

    14So the LORD relented from the evil which He thought to do to His people.

  • Zech 8:13
    74%

    13And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

  • Zech 8:18
    73%

    18And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • Jer 29:11
    73%

    11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

  • Zech 8:1
    73%

    1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

  • Zech 1:6
    73%

    6But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? Then they returned and said: Just as the LORD of hosts determined to do to us, according to our ways and according to our deeds, so He has dealt with us.

  • Jer 30:11
    73%

    11For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.

  • Hag 1:7
    73%

    7Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Amos 7:3
    73%

    3The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, says the LORD.

  • Zeph 3:7
    72%

    7I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds.

  • Jer 26:3
    72%

    3Perhaps they will listen and each man will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.

  • Hag 2:17
    72%

    17I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD.

  • Zech 1:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction.

    16Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

  • Jer 19:15
    72%

    15Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.

  • Jer 50:18
    72%

    18Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

  • Jer 21:14
    72%

    14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, says the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all things around it.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    72%

    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.

  • Mal 2:2
    72%

    2If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.

  • Jer 9:9
    72%

    9Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Jer 9:7
    72%

    7Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

  • Jer 7:14
    72%

    14Therefore I will do unto this house, which is called by my name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Jer 25:29
    72%

    29For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Mal 3:13
    72%

    13Your words have been harsh against me, says the LORD. Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against you?'.

  • Jer 4:8
    71%

    8For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

  • Jer 7:3
    71%

    3Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place.

  • Jer 3:12
    71%

    12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever.

  • Hag 1:5
    71%

    5Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

  • Jer 3:19
    71%

    19But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.

  • Amos 2:4
    71%

    4Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept His commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after which their fathers walked:

  • Jer 4:28
    71%

    28For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.

  • Lev 26:18
    71%

    18And if you will not yet for all this listen to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

  • Jer 44:11
    71%

    11Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

  • Amos 7:6
    71%

    6The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.

  • Mal 3:7
    71%

    7Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, 'In what way shall we return?'.