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Zechariah 8

Zech. 8:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, and the inhabitants
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
of many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
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Zech. 2:11• 11{i}And many nations shall join themselves to Jehovah in that day, and shall be unto me for a people;{/i} And I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto thee. (Zech. 2:11)
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Zech. 14:16‑17• 16And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of all the nations which come against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
 17And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. (Zech. 14:16‑17)
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1 Kings 8:41,43• 41{i}And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake{/i}
 43{i}hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.{/i} (1 Kings 8:41,43)
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2 Chron. 6:32‑33• 32{i}And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,{/i}
 33{i}then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, and may fear thee as do thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.{/i} (2 Chron. 6:32‑33)
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Psa. 22:27• 27All the ends of the earth shall remember{HR}And shall turn unto Jehovah,{HR}And all tribes of Gentiles shall bow down before thee. (Psa. 22:27)
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Psa. 67:1‑4• 1To the chief musician, on Neginoth ; a psalm, a song.{HR}God be gracious to us and bless us;{HR}Cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),
 2That thy way may be known upon earth,{HR}Thy salvation in all nations.
 3Let the peoples give thee thanks, O God,{HR}Let all the peoples give thee thanks.
 4Let the Gentiles rejoice and shout for joy,{HR}For thou wilt judge the peoples equitably,{HR}And the Gentiles upon earth,{HR}Thou wilt guide them. Selah. (Psa. 67:1‑4)
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Psa. 72:17• 17His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}All nations shall call him blessed. (Psa. 72:17)
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Psa. 89:9• 9{i}Thou{/i} rulest in the pride of the sea,{HR}In the arising of its waves {i}thou{/i} stillest them. (Psa. 89:9)
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Psa. 117:1‑2• 1Praise ye Jehovah, all nations;{HR}Laud him, all the Gentiles.
 2For his mercy is powerful over us,{HR}And the truth of Jehovah [is] for everlasting.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 117:1‑2)
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Psa. 138:4‑5• 4All kings of the earth shall thank thee, Jehovah,{HR}When they have heard the sayings of thy mouth.
 5And they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah,{HR}For great [is] the glory of Jehovah. (Psa. 138:4‑5)
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Isa. 2:2‑3• 2And it shall come to pass in the end of days, [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top (head) of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow unto it.
 3And many peoples will go and say, Come and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem. (Isa. 2:2‑3)
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Isa. 11:10• 10And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse standing as an ensign or banner of the peoples; it shall the nations seek: and his resting place shall be glory. (Isa. 11:10)
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Isa. 49:6,22‑23• 6And he saith, It is a small thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the nations, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
 22Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in [their] bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon [their] shoulders.
 23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah, and they that wait for me shall not be ashamed. (Isa. 49:6,22‑23)
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Isa. 60:3‑12• 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from far, and thy daughters are nursed upon the side.
 5Then thou shalt see and be brightened, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
 6A multitude of camels shall cover thee, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall show forth the praises of Jehovah.
 7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.
 8Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as doves to their dovecotes?
 9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.
 10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
 11Therefore thy gates shall be open continually (they shall not be shut day nor night); that [men] may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and [that] their kings [may be] brought.
 12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted. (Isa. 60:3‑12)
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Isa. 66:18‑20• 18And I [know] their works and their thoughts: it cometh, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
 20And they shall bring all your brethren [for] an offering unto Jehovah out of all the nations upon horses and in chariots, and in covered wagons, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of Jehovah. (Isa. 66:18‑20)
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Jer. 16:19• 19Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. (Jer. 16:19)
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Hos. 1:10• 10Yet, the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it shall be said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. (Hos. 1:10)
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Hos. 2:23• 23And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, my people thou; and they shall say, my God. (Hos. 2:23)
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Amos 9:12• 12that they may inherit the remnant of Edom, and of all the Gentiles which are called by my name, saith Jehovah that doeth this. (Amos 9:12)
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Mic. 4:1‑2• 1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
 2{i}And{/i} many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:1‑2)
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Mal. 1:11• 11From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 1:11)
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Matt. 8:11• 11{i}But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;{/i} (Matt. 8:11)
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Acts 15:14,18• 14Simeon has rehearsed how God first visited [the] Gentiles to take out of [them] a people for his name.
 18known from the beginning of the world. (Acts 15:14,18)
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Rom. 15:9‑12• 9and that the Gentiles should glorify God for mercy, even as it is written, “On this account I will confess to thee among [the] Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing.”
 10And again he saith, “Rejoice, Gentiles, with his people;”
 11and, again, “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and give him praise, all ye people.”
 12And again Esaias saith, “There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule Gentiles: on him shall Gentiles hope.” (Rom. 15:9‑12)
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Rev. 11:15• 15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 11:15)
• {v.20-23} The rest of the chapter is taken up with a declaration of universal blessing, as resulting from the return of the Lord to His people. (“Zechariah 8” by E. Dennett)
• Bethel — one small city — had sent men to pray before the Lord (7:2); and this incident is taken up to shadow out the time when the house of God should be the house of prayer for all people (see Isa. 56:7; also Isa. 2:1-3; Psa. 65:2 and Zech. 14:16) (“Zechariah 8” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

W. Kelly Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)