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Zechariah 8:4

Jerusalem
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2 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”

3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.

5 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

6 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
KJV
Thus 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.
WEB
The LORD of Armies says: “Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand because of their old age.
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
DARBY
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each one with his staff in his hand for multitude of days.
BLB
Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Again old men and old women will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand from an abundance of days.
ÅB
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Enda en gang skal gamle menn og kvinner sitte på torvene i Jerusalem, hver med sin stav i hånden for sin høye alders skyld,
OTB
Dette sier Herren over hærskarene: “Igjen skal gamle menn og kvinner sitte i Jerusalems gater, hver med en stav i hånden på grunn av deres alder.
B1930
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Ennu en gang skal gamle menn og kvinner sitte på torvene i Jerusalem, hver med sin stav i hånden for sin høie alders skyld,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 65:20–22

    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

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  • Job 42:17

    And so Job died, old and full of years.

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  • Hebrews 12:22

    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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  • Lamentations 5:11–15

    Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

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  • 1 Samuel 2:31

    Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no older man will be left in your house.

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  • Job 5:26

    You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.

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  • Lamentations 2:20–22

    Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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