Zechariah 8:13

¹¹ But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹² For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

¹⁴ For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:

¹⁵ So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
KJV: And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
WEB: It shall come to pass that, as you were a curse among the nations, house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Don’t be afraid. Let your hands be strong.”
ASV: And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, [but] let your hands be strong.
DARBY: And it shall come to pass, like as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear ye not, let your hands be strong.
BLB: And it will come to pass [that] as you⁺ were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you⁺, and you⁺ will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your⁺ hands be strong.”

ÅB: Og det skal skje at slik som dere, Judas hus og Israels hus, har vært en forbannelse blant hedningene, slik vil jeg nå frelse dere, og dere skal bli en velsignelse; frykt ikke! La deres hender være sterke!
OTB: Slik som dere har vært en forbannelse blant nasjonene, Judas hus og Israels hus, slik vil jeg frelse dere, og dere skal være en velsignelse. Frykt ikke, men la deres hender være sterke.”
B1930: Og det skal skje at likesom I, Judas hus og Israels hus, har vært en forbannelse blandt hedningene, således vil jeg nu frelse eder, og I skal bli en velsignelse; frykt ikke! La eders hender være sterke!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zephaniah 3:20
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
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Zechariah 8:9
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
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Genesis 12:2–3
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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Ezekiel 5:15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
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Ruth 4:11–12
And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
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Jeremiah 29:18
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
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