Zechariah 1:17
Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem, Zion
- WHEN
- 520-518 BC
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WHEN
520-518 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Darius I king of Persia 522-486 BC
SOURCES
- date — Zechariah 1:1 dates itself by the eighth month of the second year of Darius.
- Darius I — Behistun Inscription, written at his order in three languages; Herodotus III
SEE ALSO
- Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness…
- Zechariah 2:12 And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- Psalms 69:35 For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, that they may dwell there and possess it.
- Isaiah 14:1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
- Isaiah 44:26 who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be…
- Isaiah 54:8 In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
- Isaiah 61:4-6 They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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