Zechariah 12:1

God's Word

This is the prophetic revelation, the Lord’s word about Israel. The Lord—who spread out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit in a person—says,

Cross References

Genesis 1:8

God named ⌞what was above⌟ the horizon sky. There was evening, then morning—a second day.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth  and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

Job 26:7

“He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.

Job 37:18

Can you stretch out the skies with him and make them as firm as a mirror made of metal?

Psalm 104:2

You cover yourself with light as though it were a robe. You stretch out the heavens as though they were curtains.

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the water of the sea  with the palm of his hand or measured the sky with the length of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance?

Isaiah 40:22

God is enthroned above the earth, and those who live on it are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the sky like a canopy and spreads it out like a tent to live in.

Isaiah 42:5

The Lord God created the heavens and stretched them out. He shaped the earth and all that comes from it. He gave life to the people who are on it and breath to those who walk on it. This is what the Lord God says:

Isaiah 44:24

The Lord reclaimed you. He formed you in the womb. This is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, made everything. I stretched out the heavens by myself. I spread out the earth all alone.

Isaiah 45:12

I made the earth and created humans on it. I stretched out the heavens with my own hands. I commanded all the stars ⌞to shine⌟.

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens. God formed the earth and made it. He set it up. He did not create it to be empty but formed it to be inhabited. This is what the Lord says: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 48:13

My hand laid the foundation of the earth. My right hand stretched out the heavens. When I call for them, they both stand.

Isaiah 51:13

Why have you forgotten the Lord, your Creator? He stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Where is the fury of those who oppress you?

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse you forever. I will not be angry with you forever. Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I’ve made, would grow faint in my presence.

Jeremiah 10:12

The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding.

Jeremiah 30:10

“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,” declares the Lord. “Don’t be terrified, Israel. I’m going to rescue you from a faraway place. I’m going to rescue your descendants from where they are captives. The descendants of Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will frighten them.

Jeremiah 30:16

That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as captives. Those who looted you will be looted. Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah, “The Lord gave us life. As the Lord lives, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to kill you.”

Jeremiah 50:34

Their defender is strong. His name is the Lord of Armies. He will certainly take up their cause in order to bring rest to the land of Israel and unrest to the people who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:15

The Lord made the earth by his power. He set up the world by his wisdom. He stretched out heaven by his understanding.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets saw misleading visions about you. They painted a good picture of you. They didn’t expose your guilt in order to make things better again. They gave you false prophecies that misled you.

Ezekiel 18:4

The life of every person belongs to me. Fathers and their children belong to me. The person who sins will die.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will become a wasteland. Edom will become a barren desert. This is because the nations were cruel to Judah. They murdered innocent people in their land.

Joel 3:21

I will punish those who murder.” The Lord lives in Zion!

Zechariah 9:1

This is the divine revelation. The Lord’s word is against the land of Hadrach and will rest on Damascus

Malachi 1:1

This is a divine revelation. The Lord spoke his word to Israel through Malachi.

Numbers 16:22

Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said, “O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the whole community?”

Hebrews 12:9

On earth we have fathers who disciplined us, and we respect them. Shouldn’t we place ourselves under the authority of God, the father of spirits, so that we will live?