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Zechariah 8:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.

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He said about Joseph: May his land be blessed by the  Lord with the dew of heaven’s bounty and the watery depths that lie beneath;


May God give to you – from the dew of the sky and from the richness of the land   – an abundance of grain and new wine.


But seek first the kingdom of God   , and his righteousness,   and all these things will be provided for you.


The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Though it may seem impossible to the remnant of this people in those days, should it also seem impossible to me? ’ #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.


Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.’


So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops.


Don’t be afraid, wild animals, for the wilderness pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and grapevine yield their riches.


And the fruit of righteousness  is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.


So let no one boast in human leaders, for everything is yours   #– #


I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.


I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.


In place of your shame, you will have a double portion; in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share. So they will possess double in their land, and eternal joy will be theirs.


Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.


Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that year he reaped  a hundred times what was sown. The Lord blessed him,


I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you,  and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.


A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favour is like dew on the grass.


So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled  , in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.


Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants.


Now Elijah  the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  , said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord God of Israel lives,  in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ’


‘If you follow my statutes and faithfully observe my commands,


Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing-floor, or like smoke from a window.


From this day on, think carefully;  from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid; think carefully.


They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the  Lord’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.


They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild creatures of the earth will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.


Look! I am on your side; I will turn towards you,  and you will be tilled and sown.


The Lord answered his people: Look, I am about to send you grain, new wine, and fresh oil. You will be satiated with them, and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.


The remnant  of Israel will no longer do wrong or tell lies; a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouths. They will pasture and lie down, with nothing to make them afraid.


I will rebuke the devourer  , for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,’ says the Lord of Armies.





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