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Zechariah 9:8

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And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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From verse 8

  1. Isaiah 54:14Rank 1 from verse 8
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    14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

  2. Isaiah 52:1Rank 2 from verse 8
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    1AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

  3. Isaiah 60:18Rank 3 from verse 8
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    18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

  4. Jeremiah 31:12Rank 4 from verse 8
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    12Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

  5. Joel 3:16–17Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

    17So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

  6. 2 Samuel 16:12Rank 6 from verse 8
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    12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.

  7. Amos 9:15Rank 7 from verse 8
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    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.

  8. Daniel 11:27–29Rank 8 from verse 8
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    27And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

    28Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

    29At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

  9. Daniel 11:40–45Rank 9 from verse 8
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    40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

    41He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

    42He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

    43But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

    44But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

    45And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

  10. Exodus 3:9Rank 10 from verse 8
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    9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  11. Ezekiel 39:29Rank 11 from verse 8
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    29Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

  12. Genesis 32:1–2Rank 12 from verse 8
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    1AND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

    2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

  13. Isaiah 31:5Rank 13 from verse 8
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    5As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  14. Isaiah 52:12Rank 14 from verse 8
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    12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.

  15. Psalms 125:1–2Rank 15 from verse 8
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    1THEY that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

    2As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.

  16. Psalms 34:7Rank 16 from verse 8
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    7The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

  17. Psalms 72:4Rank 17 from verse 8
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    4He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

  18. 2 Kings 23:29Rank 18 from verse 8
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    29¶ In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  19. 2 Kings 24:1Rank 19 from verse 8
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    1IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

  20. Acts 7:34Rank 20 from verse 8
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    34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

  21. Daniel 11:6–7Rank 21 from verse 8
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    6And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

    7But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

  22. Exodus 3:7Rank 22 from verse 8
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    7¶ And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

  23. Ezekiel 28:24–25Rank 23 from verse 8
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    24¶ And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord God.

    25Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.

  24. Isaiah 26:1Rank 24 from verse 8
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    1IN that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

  25. Isaiah 33:20–22Rank 25 from verse 8
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    20Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

    21But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.

    22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

  26. Isaiah 4:5Rank 26 from verse 8
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    5And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

  27. Jeremiah 46:13Rank 27 from verse 8
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    13¶ The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.

  28. Jeremiah 46:2Rank 28 from verse 8
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    2Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

  29. Psalms 46:1–5Rank 29 from verse 8
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    1GOD is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

    2Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

    3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

    4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

    5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

  30. Revelation 20:1–3Rank 30 from verse 8
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    1AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

    2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

    3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

  31. Revelation 20:9Rank 31 from verse 8
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    9And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

  32. Zechariah 12:8Rank 32 from verse 8
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    8In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

  33. Zechariah 14:11Rank 33 from verse 8
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    11And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

  34. Zechariah 2:1–13Rank 34 from verse 8
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    1I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

    2Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

    3And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,

    4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

    5For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

    6¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

    7Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

    8For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

    9For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

    10¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

    11And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

    12And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

    13Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

  35. Daniel 11:10–16Rank 35 from verse 8
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    10But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

    11And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

    12And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.

    13For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.

    14And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

    15So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

    16But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

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Zechariah 9:8

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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passeth

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Third-person singular present form of pass, meaning to go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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oppressor

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One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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COMBINED MEANING

pass

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To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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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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9:1THE burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.

9:2And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.

9:3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

9:4Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

9:5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

9:6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

9:7And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

9:8And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.

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