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Zechariah 8:6–7

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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
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From verse 6

  1. Jeremiah 32:27Rank 1 from verse 6
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    27Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

  2. Luke 1:37Rank 2 from verse 6
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    37For with God nothing shall be impossible.

  3. Luke 18:27Rank 3 from verse 6
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    27And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

  4. Romans 4:20–21Rank 4 from verse 6
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    20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

    21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

  5. 2 Kings 7:2Rank 5 from verse 6
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    2Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

  6. Genesis 18:14Rank 6 from verse 6
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    14Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

  7. Jeremiah 32:17Rank 7 from verse 6
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    17Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

  8. Luke 1:20Rank 8 from verse 6
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    20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

  9. Numbers 11:22–23Rank 9 from verse 6
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    22Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

    23And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

  10. Psalms 118:23Rank 10 from verse 6
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    23This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

  11. Psalms 126:1–3Rank 11 from verse 6
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    1WHEN the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

    2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

    3The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

  12. Romans 6:19–21Rank 12 from verse 6
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    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

    20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

    21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

From verse 7

  1. Jeremiah 31:8Rank 1 from verse 7
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    8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

  2. Amos 9:14–15Rank 2 from verse 7
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    14And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

    15And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

  3. Isaiah 27:12–13Rank 3 from verse 7
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    12¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

    13And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

  4. Isaiah 43:5–6Rank 4 from verse 7
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    5Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

    6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

  5. Isaiah 49:12Rank 5 from verse 7
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    12Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

  6. Malachi 1:11Rank 6 from verse 7
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    11For from 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 the Lord of hosts.

  7. Ezekiel 37:19–25Rank 7 from verse 7
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    19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

    20¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

    21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

    22And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

    23Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

    24And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

    25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  8. Hosea 11:10–11Rank 8 from verse 7
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    10They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

    11They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.

  9. Isaiah 11:11–16Rank 9 from verse 7
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

    12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

    13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

    14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

    15And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

    16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

  10. Isaiah 59:19Rank 10 from verse 7
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    19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

  11. Isaiah 66:19–20Rank 11 from verse 7
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    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 Gentiles.

    20And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

  12. Psalms 107:2–3Rank 12 from verse 7
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    2Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

    3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

  13. Psalms 113:3Rank 13 from verse 7
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    3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

  14. Psalms 50:1Rank 14 from verse 7
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    1THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

  15. Romans 11:25–27Rank 15 from verse 7
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    25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

    26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

    27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

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Zechariah 8:6

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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Zechariah 8:7

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

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west

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The direction of sunset; the western region; or toward or from that direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:1AGAIN the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

8:2Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

8:3Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.

8:4Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

8:5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

8:6Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

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8:7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

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8:8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

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