Zechariah 6:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then say to him,‘The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,“Look– here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the LORD.

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  • Zech 3:8 : 8 Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch.
  • Zech 4:6-9 : 6 Therefore he told me,“This is the LORD’s message to Zerubbabel:‘Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.” 7 Oracle of Response“What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of‘Grace! Grace!’ because of this.” 8 Moreover, the LORD’s message came to me as follows: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me to you.
  • Isa 4:2 : 2 The Branch of the Lord At that time the crops given by the LORD will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel.
  • Isa 11:1 : 1 An Ideal King Establishes a Kingdom of Peace A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.
  • Jer 23:5 : 5 “I, the LORD, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land.
  • Jer 33:15 : 15 In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David.“‘He will do what is just and right in the land.
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
  • Eph 2:20-22 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
  • Heb 3:3-4 : 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
  • Heb 7:4 : 4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
  • Heb 7:24 : 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.
  • Heb 8:3 : 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.
  • Heb 10:12 : 12 But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,
  • 1 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 A Living Stone, a Chosen People So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Zech 8:9 : 9 “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says,‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, so that the temple might be built.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
  • Acts 13:38 : 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
  • 1 Cor 3:9 : 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Matt 26:61 : 61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
  • Mark 14:58 : 58 “We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”
  • Mark 15:29 : 29 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
  • Mark 15:39 : 39 Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said,“Truly this man was God’s Son!”
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high
  • John 1:45 : 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  • John 2:19-21 : 19 Jesus replied,“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again.” 20 Then the Jewish leaders said to him,“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?” 21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.
  • Mic 5:5 : 5 He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Justice and Wisdom Will Prevail Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice. 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land.
  • Ezra 3:8 : 8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the LORD’s temple.
  • Ezra 3:10 : 10 When the builders established the LORD’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites(the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the LORD according to the instructions left by King David of Israel.
  • Ps 80:15-17 : 15 the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! 16 It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them. 17 May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!
  • John 19:5 : 5 So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them,“Look, here is the man!”

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    8Moreover, the LORD’s message came to me as follows:

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