Zechariah 1:16
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16 Therefore, thus says the Lord, (A)I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; (B)my house shall be built in it, declares the Lord of hosts, and (C)the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
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Zechariah 8:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: (A)I have returned to Zion and (B)will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, (C)and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, (D)and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
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Zechariah 2:10-11
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10 (A)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for (B)behold, I come (C)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. 11 (D)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (E)And I will dwell in your midst, and (F)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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Ezekiel 37:24-28
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24 “My servant (A)David (B)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (C)one shepherd. (D)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (E)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (F)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (G)forever. 26 (H)I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be (I)an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land[a] and (J)multiply them, and will (K)set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (L)My dwelling place shall be with them, (M)and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 28 Then (N)the nations will know that (O)I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when (P)my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
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- Ezekiel 37:26 Hebrew lacks in their land
Ezra 6:14-15
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14 (A)And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and (B)by decree of Cyrus and (C)Darius and (D)Artaxerxes king of Persia; 15 and this house was finished on the third day of the (E)month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
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Zechariah 4:9
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9 (A)“The hands of (B)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also (C)complete it. (D)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.
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Isaiah 54:8-10
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8 (A)In overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
(B)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
says the Lord, your Redeemer.
9 “This is like (C)the days of Noah[a] to me:
as I swore that the waters of Noah
should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
and will not rebuke you.
10 For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and (D)my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah
Zechariah 2:1-2
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A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line
2 [a] And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, (A)a man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, (B)“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”
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- Zechariah 2:1 Ch 2:5 in Hebrew
Ezekiel 47:3
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3 Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, (A)the man measured a thousand cubits,[a] and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.
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- Ezekiel 47:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Ezekiel 40:3
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3 When he brought me there, behold, there was (A)a man whose appearance was (B)like bronze, with (C)a linen cord and (D)a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.
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Ezekiel 39:25-29
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The Lord Will Restore Israel
25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now (A)I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on (B)the whole house of Israel, and (C)I will be jealous for my holy name. 26 They shall (D)forget their shame and all the treachery they have practiced against me, when (E)they dwell securely in their land with (F)none to make them afraid, 27 (G)when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, (H)and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations. 28 (I)Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations and then assembled them into their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations anymore. 29 (J)And I will not hide my face anymore from them, when (K)I pour out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, declares the Lord God.”
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Job 38:5
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5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
Haggai 1:14
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14 And (A)the Lord stirred up the spirit of (B)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of (C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all (D)the remnant of the people. And they came and (E)worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
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Ezekiel 48:35
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35 The circumference of the city shall be 18,000 cubits. And (A)the name of the city from that time on shall be, (B)The Lord Is There.”
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Jeremiah 33:10-12
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10 “Thus says the Lord: In this place (A)of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 (B)the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing, as they bring (C)thank offerings to the house of the Lord:
(D)“‘Give thanks to the Lord of hosts,
for the Lord is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever!’
(E)For I will restore the fortunes of the land as at first, says the Lord.
12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (F)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (G)habitations of shepherds (H)resting their flocks.
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Jeremiah 31:39-40
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39 (A)And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah. 40 (B)The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the (C)brook Kidron, to the corner of (D)the Horse Gate toward the east, (E)shall be sacred to the Lord. (F)It shall not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”
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Jeremiah 31:22-25
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22 (A)How long will you waver,
(B)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, (C)when I restore their fortunes:
24 (G)And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and (H)the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. 25 For I will (I)satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
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Isaiah 44:26-28
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26 (A)who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
(B)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;
27 (C)who says to the deep, ‘Be dry;
I will dry up your rivers’;
28 who says of (D)Cyrus, ‘He is (E)my shepherd,
and he shall fulfill all my purpose’;
saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’
(F)and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’”
Isaiah 34:11
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11 (A)But the hawk and the porcupine[a] shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
(B)He shall stretch the line of (C)confusion[b] over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain
- Isaiah 34:11 Hebrew formlessness
Isaiah 12:1
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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
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