Zechariah 12:1

Good News Translation

This is a message about Israel from the Lord, the Lord who spread out the skies, created the earth, and gave life to man. He says,

Cross References

Genesis 1:8

He named the dome “Sky.” Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.

Job 26:7

God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

Job 37:18

Can you help God stretch out the sky and make it as hard as polished metal?

Psalm 104:2

you cover yourself with light. You have spread out the heavens like a tent

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Our bodies will return to the dust of the earth, and the breath of life will go back to God, who gave it to us.

Isaiah 40:12

Can anyone measure the ocean by handfuls or measure the sky with his hands? Can anyone hold the soil of the earth in a cup or weigh the mountains and hills on scales?

Isaiah 40:22

It was made by the one who sits on his throne above the earth and beyond the sky; the people below look as tiny as ants. He stretched out the sky like a curtain, like a tent in which to live.

Isaiah 42:5

God created the heavens and stretched them out; he fashioned the earth and all that lives there; he gave life and breath to all its people. And now the Lord God says to his servant,

Isaiah 44:24

“I am the Lord, your savior; I am the one who created you. I am the Lord, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens; when I made the earth, no one helped me.

Isaiah 45:12

I am the one who made the earth and created human beings to live there. By my power I stretched out the heavens; I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens— he is the one who is God! He formed and made the earth— he made it firm and lasting. He did not make it a desolate waste, but a place for people to live. It is he who says, “I am the Lord, and there is no other god.

Isaiah 48:13

My hands made the earth's foundations and spread the heavens out. When I summon earth and sky, they come at once and present themselves.

Isaiah 51:13

Have you forgotten the Lord who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations? Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Their fury can no longer touch you.

Isaiah 57:16

I gave my people life, and I will not continue to accuse them or be angry with them forever.

Jeremiah 10:12

The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

Jeremiah 30:10

“My people, do not be afraid; people of Israel, do not be terrified. I will rescue you from that faraway land, from the land where you are prisoners. You will come back home and live in peace; you will be secure, and no one will make you afraid.

Jeremiah 30:16

But now, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as prisoners. All who oppress you will be oppressed, and all who plunder you will be plundered.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah promised me in secret, “I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you.”

Jeremiah 50:34

But the one who will rescue them is strong—his name is the Lord Almighty. He himself will take up their cause and will bring peace to the earth, but trouble to the people of Babylonia.”

Jeremiah 51:15

The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets had nothing to tell you but lies; Their preaching deceived you by never exposing your sin. They made you think you did not need to repent.

Ezekiel 18:4

The life of every person belongs to me, the life of the parent as well as that of the child. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Joel 3:19

“Egypt will become a desert, and Edom a ruined waste, because they attacked the land of Judah and killed its innocent people.

Zechariah 9:1

This is the Lord's message: He has decreed punishment for the land of Hadrach and for the city of Damascus. Not only the tribes of Israel but also the capital of Syria belong to the Lord.

Malachi 1:1

This is the message that the Lord gave Malachi to tell the people of Israel.

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron bowed down with their faces to the ground and said, “O God, you are the source of all life. When one of us sins, do you become angry with the whole community?”

Hebrews 12:9

In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!