Zechariah 8:18
16 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
17 do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
- KJV
- And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
- WEB
- The word of the LORD of Armies came to me.
- ASV
- And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
- DARBY
- And the word of Jehovah of hosts came unto me, saying,
- BLB
- And the word of YHWH of Hosts came to me, saying:
- ÅB
- Og Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord kom til meg, og det lød så:
- OTB
- Et budskap fra Herren over hærskarene ble gitt til meg:
- B1930
- Og Herrens, hærskarenes Guds ord kom til mig, og det lød så: