Zechariah 1:16

Good News Translation

So I have come back to Jerusalem to show mercy to the city. My Temple will be restored, and the city will be rebuilt.”

Cross References

Job 38:5

Who decided how large it would be? Who stretched the measuring line over it? Do you know all the answers?

Isaiah 12:1

A day is coming when people will sing, “I praise you, Lord! You were angry with me, but now you comfort me and are angry no longer.

Isaiah 34:11

Owls and ravens will take over the land. The Lord will make it a barren waste again, as it was before the creation.

Jeremiah 30:18

The Lord says, “I will restore my people to their land and have mercy on every family; Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and its palace restored.

Ezekiel 40:3

He took me closer, and I saw a man who shone like bronze. He was holding a linen tape measure and a measuring rod and was standing by a gateway.

Ezekiel 47:3

With his measuring rod the man measured 560 yards downstream to the east and told me to wade through the stream there. The water came only to my ankles.

Ezekiel 48:35

The total length of the wall on all four sides of the city is 10,080 yards. The name of the city from now on will be “The-Lord-Is-Here!”

Haggai 1:14

The Lord inspired everyone to work on the Temple: Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah; Joshua, the High Priest, and all the people who had returned from the exile. They began working on the Temple of the Lord Almighty, their God,

Zechariah 10:6

“I will make the people of Judah strong; I will rescue the people of Israel. I will have compassion on them and bring them all back home. They will be as though I had never rejected them. I am the Lord their God; I will answer their prayers.

Zechariah 2:4

The first one said to the other, “Run and tell that young man with the measuring line that there are going to be so many people and so much livestock in Jerusalem that it will be too big to have walls.

Zechariah 2:5

The Lord has promised that he himself will be a wall of fire around the city to protect it and that he will live there in all his glory.”

Zechariah 2:6

The Lord said to his people, “I scattered you in all directions. But now, you exiles, escape from Babylonia and return to Jerusalem.

Zechariah 4:9

He said, “Zerubbabel has laid the foundation of the Temple, and he will finish the building. When this happens, my people will know that it is I who sent you to them.

Zechariah 8:3

I will return to Jerusalem, my holy city, and live there. It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the Lord Almighty will be called the sacred hill.