Zechariah 2:4

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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.'

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  • Zech 1:17 : 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.'
  • Zech 8:4-5 : 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. 5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.
  • Zech 12:6 : 6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fire pot in a woodpile and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples on the right and on the left, while Jerusalem will remain secure in her place.
  • Zech 14:10-11 : 10 The whole land will be transformed like the plain of the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will be raised up and remain in its place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11 And people will live in it, and there will no longer be any curse of destruction. Jerusalem will dwell in security.
  • 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.
  • Mic 7:11 : 11 The day for rebuilding your walls will come; on that day, the boundary will be extended far and wide.
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 I confirm the word of my servant and carry out the plan of my messengers. I say to Jerusalem, 'You will be inhabited,' and to the cities of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt,' and I will restore their ruins.
  • Isa 49:20 : 20 The children you thought you had lost will say in your hearing, 'This place is too small for us. Make room for us to live here.'
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 Just as the stars in the sky cannot be counted and the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me.
  • Ezek 36:10-11 : 10 I will multiply people upon you—the entire house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you, and they will be fruitful and multiply. I will make you inhabited as you were in the past and will do even better for you than at the beginning. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Ezek 38:11 : 11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will attack peaceful people who live securely—all of them living without walls, without gates and bars.’
  • Jer 30:18-19 : 18 This 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. 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.
  • Jer 31:24 : 24 People will live together in Judah and all its cities—farmers and those who move with the herds.
  • Isa 33:20 : 20 Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a secure abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be uprooted, nor will any of its ropes be broken.
  • Jer 31:38-40 : 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. 39 The measuring line will stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb, then turn toward Goah. 40 The entire valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate on the east, will be holy to the LORD; it will never again be uprooted or demolished.
  • Jer 33:10-13 : 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. 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. 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. 13 In the towns of the hill country, the western foothills, and the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! I do not know how to speak because I am too young.'
  • Dan 1:17 : 17 To these four young men, God gave knowledge and understanding in all kinds of literature and wisdom. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

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  • 5I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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    10The whole land will be transformed like the plain of the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem will be raised up and remain in its place, from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

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

  • 11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will attack peaceful people who live securely—all of them living without walls, without gates and bars.’

  • Zech 2:2-3
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    2I asked the angel who was speaking with me, 'What are these?' And he said to me, 'These are the horns that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.'

    3Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

  • 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.

  • 18Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

  • 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.

  • 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.'

    17Proclaim 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.'

  • Neh 7:3-4
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    3I said to them, 'The gates of Jerusalem should not be opened until the sun is hot. While the guards are still standing watch, let the gates be shut and secured. Also appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post and near his own house.'

    4The city was spacious and large, but its people were few, and there were no houses built yet.

  • Zech 8:3-5
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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.

    4This 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.

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

  • Jer 33:12-13
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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.

    13In the towns of the hill country, the western foothills, and the Negev, in the territory of Benjamin, around Jerusalem, and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the Lord.

  • Ps 122:2-3
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    2Our feet were standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

    3Jerusalem, built as a city that is tightly joined together.

  • 17Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace."

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

  • 26I confirm the word of my servant and carry out the plan of my messengers. I say to Jerusalem, 'You will be inhabited,' and to the cities of Judah, 'You will be rebuilt,' and I will restore their ruins.

  • 7May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your citadels.

  • 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore down houses to fortify the wall.

  • 10I will multiply people upon you—the entire house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

  • 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.

  • 16Warn the nations, proclaim it against Jerusalem: 'Watchers are coming from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.'

  • 14The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

  • 1On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city; salvation will God set as walls and ramparts.'

  • 11Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?

  • 2Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations. Even Judah will be besieged as Jerusalem is attacked.

  • 11The day for rebuilding your walls will come; on that day, the boundary will be extended far and wide.

  • 2Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around.

  • 22Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.

  • 2In visions of God, He brought me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain, on which was something like the form of a city facing toward the south.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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:

  • 8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not turn back his hand from destroying. He caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.

  • 14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, 'Proclaim this: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I am very zealous for Jerusalem and Zion with a great jealousy.'

  • 5The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares. Their appearance is like torches, and they dart about like lightning.

  • 29At the sound of the horsemen and archers, every city flees. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks. The cities are abandoned, and no one lives in them.

  • 15For I am summoning all the clans and kingdoms of the north,' declares the LORD. 'They will come, and each will set up his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, around all her walls, and against all the cities of Judah.

  • 2Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Look, they are a ruin today, without anyone living there.

  • 5This is what the Lord GOD says: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations, surrounded by countries.

  • 2Listen to the words of this covenant, and speak them to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • 5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, saying, 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'

  • 7Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin carrying shields and drawing bows. All of them were mighty warriors.