Zechariah 2:12

World English Bible (2000)

Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
  • Zech 1:17 : 17 "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"
  • Jer 10:16 : 16 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
  • Jer 51:19 : 19 The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
  • Ps 82:8 : 8 Arise, God, judge the earth, for you inherit all of the nations. A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.
  • Isa 41:9 : 9 You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and called from its corners, and said to you, 'You are my servant, I have chosen you and not cast you away;'

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  • Zech 1:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 Therefore thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy. My house shall be built in it," says Yahweh of Armies, "and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem."'

    17 "Proclaim further, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "My cities will again overflow with prosperity, and Yahweh will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem."'"

  • 13 For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

  • Zech 2:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10 Sing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,' says Yahweh.

    11 Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

  • 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

  • 1 For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

  • 3 Thus says Yahweh: "I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called 'The City of Truth;' and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, 'The Holy Mountain.'"

  • 4 For Yah has chosen Jacob for himself; Israel for his own possession.

  • 9 I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

  • 20 But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

  • Zech 12:5-7
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    74%

    5 The chieftains of Judah will say in their heart, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my strength in Yahweh of Armies their God.'

    6 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.

    7 Yahweh also will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem not be magnified above Judah.

  • Jer 3:17-18
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    73%

    17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem 'The throne of Yahweh;' and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of Yahweh, to Jerusalem. Neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

    18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.

  • Jer 12:14-15
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    73%

    14 Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

    15 It shall happen, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

  • 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

  • 23 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Yet again shall they use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I shall bring again their captivity: Yahweh bless you, habitation of righteousness, mountain of holiness.

  • 35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.

  • 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.

  • 2 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and on Judah also will it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

  • 17 "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.

  • 13 Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!"

  • Joel 3:1-2
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    72%

    1 "For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

    2 I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

  • 9 For Yahweh's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  • 4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

  • Jer 30:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 For, behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says Yahweh; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

    4 These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

  • 27 Yahweh said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'"

  • 7 and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever."

  • 17 He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.

  • 31 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and out of Mount Zion those who shall escape. The zeal of Yahweh will perform this.'

  • 12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.

  • 2 Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

  • 23 In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Armies."

  • 9 It will happen in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

  • 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

  • 32 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go forth, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.'

  • 11 Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.

  • 7 Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you."

  • 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

  • 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

  • 2 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

  • 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is [the name] by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

  • 3 It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem;

  • 6 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God: Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

  • 17 But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.