Zechariah 8:20

Easy To Read Version

The Lord All-Powerful says,\par “In the future, people from many cities\par will come to Jerusalem.\par

Cross References

1 Kings 8:43

From your home in heaven please listen to their prayers. Please do all that those people from other places ask you. Then those people will fear and respect you the same as your people in Israel. Then all people everywhere will know that I built this temple to honor you.

Psalm 102:22

Nations will be gathered together.\par Kingdoms will come to serve the Lord.\par

Psalm 22:27

May the people in all the faraway countries\par remember the Lord and come back to him!\par May the people in all the foreign countries\par worship the Lord.\par

Psalm 72:17

May the king be famous forever.\par May people remember his name\par as long as the sun shines.\par May the people be blessed by him.\par And may they all bless him.\par

Psalm 89:9

You proudly rule the sea.\par You can calm its angry waves.\par

Isaiah 11:10

At that time, there will be a special person from Jesse’s {\cf2\super [135]} family. This person will be like a flag. This “flag” will show all the nations that they should come together around him. The nations will ask him the things they should do. And the place where he is will be filled with glory.

Isaiah 45:14

The Lord says,\par “Egypt and Ethiopia are rich,\par but Israel, you will get those riches.\par The tall people from Seba will be yours.\par They will walk behind you\par with chains around their necks.\par They will bow down before you.\par And they will pray to you.”\par \{Israel\}, God is with you.\par And there is no other God.\par

Isaiah 49:6

“You are a very important servant to me.\par The people of Israel are prisoners,\par but they will be brought back to me.\par Jacob’s family groups will come back to me.\par But, you have another job;\par it is even more important than this!\par I will make you a light for all nations.\par You will be my way to save\par all the people on earth.”\par

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength\par and my protection.\par You are a safe place to run to\par in time of trouble.\par The nations will come to you\par from all around the world.\par They will say,\par “Our fathers had false gods.\par They worshiped those worthless idols,\par but those idols did not help them at all.”\par

Hosea 1:10

“\{In the future,\} the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea. You can’t measure the sand or count it. Then it will happen that in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said to them, ‘You are the children of the living God.’

Hosea 2:23

I will sow her many seeds {\cf2\super [21]} on her land.\par To Lo-Ruhamah, {\cf2\super [22]} \par I will show mercy.\par To Lo-Ammi, {\cf2\super [23]} \par I will say, ‘You are my people.’\par And they will say to me,\par ‘You are my God.’”\par

Amos 9:12

{\cf2\super [119]} Then the people left alive in Edom,\par and all the people called by my name,\par will look to the Lord \{for help\}.”\par The Lord said those things,\par and he will make them happen.\par

Micah 4:3

Then God will be a judge\par for the people of many nations.\par God will end the arguments\par for many {\cf2\super [49]} people in faraway countries.\par Those people will stop using their weapons\par for fighting.\par They will make plows from their swords.\par And they will use their spears\par as tools for cutting plants.\par People will stop fighting other people.\par People will never again train for war.\par

Zechariah 2:11

At that time, people from many nations\par will come to me.\par They will become my people.\par And I will live in your city.”\par And then you will know\par that the Lord All-Powerful sent me.\par

Malachi 1:11

“People all around the world respect my name. All around the world people bring good gifts to me. They burn good incense {\cf2\super [7]} as a gift to me. Why? Because my name is important to all those people.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 8:11

Many people will come from the east and from the west. Those people will sit and eat with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob {\cf2\super [92]} in the kingdom of heaven.

Acts 15:14

Simon (Peter) has told us how God showed his love for the non-Jewish people. For the first time, God accepted the non-Jewish people and made them his people.

Acts 15:18

These things have been known\par from the beginning of time.’\par

Revelation 11:15

The seventh angel blew his trumpet. Then there were loud voices in heaven. The voices said: