Zechariah 6:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then he cried out to me,“Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”

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  • Ezek 5:13 : 13 Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them.
  • Zech 1:15 : 15 But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.
  • Rev 18:21-22 : 21 Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said,“With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again! 22 And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again.
  • Ezek 16:42 : 42 I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent because of your disgrace when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
  • Ezek 24:13 : 13 You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you.
  • Judg 8:3 : 3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” When he said this, they calmed down.
  • Judg 15:7 : 7 Samson said to them,“Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.
  • Isa 1:24 : 24 Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.
  • Isa 18:3-4 : 3 All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown. 4 For this is what the LORD has told me:“I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.”
  • Isa 42:13-15 : 13 The LORD emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power. 14 “I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp. 15 I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water.
  • Isa 48:14 : 14 All of you, gather together and listen! Who among them announced these things? The LORD’s ally will carry out his desire against Babylon; he will exert his power against the Babylonians.
  • Isa 51:22-23 : 22 This is what your Sovereign LORD, even your God who judges his people says:“Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it. 23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”
  • Jer 51:48-49 : 48 Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it,” says the LORD. 49 “Babylon must fall because of the Israelites she has killed, just as the earth’s mortally wounded fell because of Babylon.

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  • 9A Concluding Oracle The LORD’s message came to me as follows:

  • 6“You there! Flee from the northland!” says the LORD,“for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you,” says the LORD.

  • Jer 1:13-15
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    13The LORD’s message came to me a second time,“What do you see?” I answered,“I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped away from the north.”

    14Then the LORD said,“From the north destruction will break out on all who live in the land.

    15For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the LORD.“They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah.

  • 22“This is what the LORD says:‘Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

  • 1Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 5He said to me,“Son of man, look up toward the north.” So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance.

  • Zech 6:5-7
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    5The messenger replied,“These are the four spirits of heaven going out after presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth.

    6The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country, and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country.

    7All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth.” The Lord had said,“Go! Walk about over the earth!” So they are doing so.

  • 3For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.’

  • 1Chambers for the Temple Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north.

  • 8Then the LORD’s message came to me,

  • 20Then I said,“Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?

  • 6Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction.

  • 1The Sword of Judgment(21:6) The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Zech 1:10-11
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    10Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said,“These are the ones whom the LORD has sent to walk about on the earth.”

    11The riders then agreed with the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees,“We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet.”

  • 6I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me.

  • 12Ezekiel Before the Exiles Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the LORD rose from its place,

  • 8The LORD’s message came to me in the morning:

  • 14Then the LORD’s message came to me:

  • 8The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 9A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

  • 1The Execution of Idolaters Then he shouted in my ears,“Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!”

  • 11Then LORD’s message came to me:

  • 22Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.

  • 22Isolated and Silenced The hand of the LORD rested on me there, and he said to me,“Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there.”

  • 23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1A Prophecy Against Gog The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 6So now, Jeremiah said,“The LORD’s message came to me,

  • 2By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south.

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

  • 6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

  • 23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1The Lord Recalls Israel’s Earlier Faithfulness The LORD’s message came to me,

  • 2The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 4Jeremiah’s Call and Commission The LORD’s message came to me,

  • 12People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.

  • 8But at that time they will affirm them with“I swear as surely as the LORD lives who delivered the descendants of the former nation of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.” At that time they will live in their own land.’”

  • 16The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1A Lament Over Egypt The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 1The End Arrives The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • 1The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:

  • 18The message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies came to me as follows:

  • 1Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry, to Mourn, or to Feast The LORD’s message came to me,

  • 18The LORD’s message came to me: