Zechariah 8:13

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who

May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may the

I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments agains

“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse,

I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule,

I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.

Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the resident

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctif

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I wi

at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He wi

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattere

“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it

to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of J

And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet t

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I w

He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by fai

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the ear

So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained,

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which

“Have you not noticed what these people are saying: ‘The LORD has rejected the two families He had chosen’? So they desp

All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like

“And you, son of man, take a single stick and write on it: ‘Belonging to Judah and to the Israelites associated with him

They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not sat

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation,

For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have s