Zechariah 8:13 Cross References

Zechariah 8:13

13: Among the nations, Judah and Israel had become symbols of what it means to be cursed. But no longer! Now I will rescue you and make you both a symbol and a source of blessing! So don't be afraid or discouraged, but instead get on with rebuilding the Temple!

Daniel 9:11

  1. All Israel has disobeyed your law and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. "So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out against us because of our sin.

Ezekiel 5:15

  1. You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the LORD turns against a nation in furious rebuke. I, the LORD, have spoken!

Zechariah 10:6

  1. "I will strengthen Judah and save Israel; I will reestablish them because I love them. It will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.
  2. The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it all and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
  3. When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them. From the few that are left, their population will grow again to its former size.
  4. Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, still they will remember me in distant lands. With their children, they will survive and come home again to Israel.

Zechariah 8:9

  1. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Take heart and finish the task! You have heard what the prophets have been saying about building the Temple of the LORD Almighty ever since the foundation was laid.

Jeremiah 29:18

  1. Yes, I will pursue them with war, famine, and disease, and I will scatter them around the world. In every nation where I send them, I will make them an object of damnation, horror, contempt, and mockery.

Psalms 72:17

  1. May the king's name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him and bring him praise.

Jeremiah 24:9

  1. I will make them an object of horror and evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I send them.

Psalms 79:4

  1. We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

Jeremiah 42:18

  1. "For the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: `Just as my anger and fury were poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will become an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.'

Isaiah 19:24

  1. And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them.
  2. For the LORD Almighty will say, "Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!"

Zephaniah 3:20

  1. On that day I will gather you together and bring you home again. I will give you a good name, a name of distinction among all the nations of the earth. They will praise you as I restore your fortunes before their very eyes. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

Psalms 44:13

  1. You have caused all our neighbors to mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to the nations around us.
  2. You have made us the butt of their jokes; we are scorned by the whole world.

Psalms 44:16

  1. All we hear are the taunts of our mockers. All we see are our vengeful enemies.

Ezekiel 37:11

  1. Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, `We have become old, dry bones--all hope is gone.'

Lamentations 2:15

  1. All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city called `Most Beautiful in All the World' and `Joy of All the Earth'?"
  2. All your enemies deride you. They scoff and grind their teeth and say, "We have destroyed her at last! Long have we awaited this day, and it is finally here!"

1 Corinthians 16:13

  1. Be on guard. Stand true to what you believe. Be courageous. Be strong.

Deuteronomy 28:37

  1. You will become an object of horror, a proverb and a mockery among all the nations to which the LORD sends you.

2 Chronicles 7:20

  1. then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land of mine that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make it a spectacle of contempt among the nations.
  2. And though this Temple is impressive now, it will become an appalling sight to all who pass by. They will ask, `Why has the LORD done such terrible things to his land and to his Temple?'
  3. And the answer will be, `Because his people abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and they worshiped other gods instead. That is why he brought all these disasters upon them.'"

Galatians 3:28

  1. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For you are all Christians--you are one in Christ Jesus.
  2. And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and now all the promises God gave to him belong to you.

Zechariah 8:20

  1. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem.
  2. The people of one city will say to the people in another, `Let us go to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us and to seek the LORD Almighty. We are planning to go ourselves.'
  3. People from many nations, even powerful nations, will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to ask the LORD to bless them.
  4. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: In those days ten people from nations and languages around the world will clutch at the hem of one Jew's robe. And they will say, `Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

Genesis 12:2

  1. I will cause you to become the father of a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and I will make you a blessing to others.
  2. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you."

Isaiah 65:15

  1. Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and call his true servants by another name.
  2. All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.

Jeremiah 44:12

  1. I will take this remnant of Judah that insisted on coming here to Egypt, and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.

Ezekiel 37:16

  1. "Son of man, take a stick and carve on it these words: `This stick represents Judah and its allied tribes.' Then take another stick and carve these words on it: `This stick represents the northern tribes of Israel.'
  2. Now hold them together in your hand as one stick.
  3. When your people ask you what your actions mean,
  4. say to them, `This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one stick in my hand.'

Isaiah 9:20

  1. They fight against their own neighbors to steal food, but they will still be hungry. In the end they will even eat their own children.
  2. Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike.

Jeremiah 44:22

  1. It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the evil things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing--a desolate ruin without a single inhabitant--as it is today.

Lamentations 4:15

  1. "Get away!" the people shouted at them. "You are defiled! Don't touch us!" So they fled to distant lands and wandered there among foreign nations, but none would let them stay.

Jeremiah 33:24

  1. "Have you heard what people are saying?--`The LORD chose Judah and Israel and then abandoned them!' They are sneering and saying that Israel is not worthy to be counted as a nation.

Genesis 26:4

  1. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

2 Kings 17:18

  1. And because the LORD was angry, he swept them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.
  2. But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the LORD their God. They walked down the same evil paths that Israel had established.
  3. So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He punished them by handing them over to their attackers until they were destroyed.

1 Kings 9:7

  1. then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.
  2. And though this Temple is impressive now, it will become an appalling sight for all who pass by. They will scoff and ask, `Why did the LORD do such terrible things to his land and to his Temple?'

Zechariah 9:13

  1. Judah is my bow, and Israel is my arrow! Jerusalem is my sword, and like a warrior, I will brandish it against the Greeks.

Zechariah 1:19

  1. "What are these?" I asked the angel who was talking with me. He replied, "These horns represent the world powers that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem."

Jeremiah 26:6

  1. then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'"

Jeremiah 32:30

  1. Israel and Judah have done nothing but wrong since their earliest days. They have infuriated me with all their evil deeds," says the LORD.
  2. "From the time this city was built until now, it has done nothing but anger me, so I am determined to get rid of it.
  3. "The sins of Israel and Judah--the sins of the people of Jerusalem, the kings, the officials, the priests, and the prophets--stir up my anger.

Isaiah 35:3

  1. With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees.
  2. Say to those who are afraid, "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you."

Isaiah 41:10

  1. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.
  2. "See, all your angry enemies lie there, confused and ashamed. Anyone who opposes you will die.
  3. You will look for them in vain. They will all be gone!
  4. I am holding you by your right hand--I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, `Do not be afraid. I am here to help you.
  5. Despised though you are, O Israel, don't be afraid, for I will help you. I am the LORD, your Redeemer. I am the Holy One of Israel.'

Haggai 2:19

  1. I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn, before you have harvested your grain and before the grapevine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have produced their crops. From this day onward I will bless you."

Micah 5:7

  1. Then the few left in Israel will go out among the nations. They will be like dew sent by the LORD or like rain falling on the grass, which no one can hold back.

Deuteronomy 29:23

  1. They will find its soil turned into sulfur and salt, with nothing planted and nothing growing, not even a blade of grass. It will be just like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD destroyed in his anger.
  2. The surrounding nations will ask, `Why has the LORD done this to his land? Why was he so angry?'
  3. "And they will be told, `This happened because the people of the land broke the covenant they made with the LORD, the God of their ancestors, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  4. They turned to serve and worship other gods that were foreign to them, gods that the LORD had not designated for them.
  5. That is why the LORD's anger burned against this land, bringing down on it all the curses recorded in this book.

Jeremiah 25:18

  1. I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.

Ruth 4:11

  1. Then the leaders and all the people standing there replied, "We are witnesses! May the LORD make the woman who is now coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you be great in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
  2. And may the LORD give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah."

Galatians 3:14

  1. Through the work of Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, and we Christians receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.
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