Zechariah 2:12

Good News Translation

Once again Judah will be the special possession of the Lord in his sacred land, and Jerusalem will be the city he loves most of all.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place where I will be worshiped, and you, David, to rule my people.’”

Esther 6:13

He told his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then she and those wise friends of his told him, “You are beginning to lose power to Mordecai. He is a Jew, and you cannot overcome him. He will certainly defeat you.”

Psalm 105:15

“Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets.”

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Zion; he wants to make it his home:

Psalm 132:14

“This is where I will live forever; this is where I want to rule.

Psalm 135:4

He chose Jacob for himself, the people of Israel for his own.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; happy are the people he has chosen for his own!

Psalm 82:8

Come, O God, and rule the world; all the nations are yours.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.

Isaiah 17:14

At evening they cause terror, but by morning they are gone. That is the fate of everyone who plunders our land.

Isaiah 41:9

I brought you from the ends of the earth; I called you from its farthest corners and said to you, ‘You are my servant.’ I did not reject you, but chose you.

Jeremiah 10:16

The God of Jacob is not like them; he is the one who made everything, and he has chosen Israel to be his very own people. The Lord Almighty is his name.

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 51:19

The God of Jacob is not like them; he is the one who made everything, and he has chosen Israel to be his very own people. The Lord Almighty is his name.

Zechariah 1:17

The angel also told me to proclaim: “The Lord Almighty says that his cities will be prosperous again and that he will once again help Jerusalem and claim the city as his own.”

Zechariah 3:2

The angel of the Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord condemn you, Satan! May the Lord, who loves Jerusalem, condemn you. This man is like a stick snatched from the fire.”

Deuteronomy 32:10

“He found them wandering through the desert, a desolate, wind-swept wilderness. He protected them and cared for them, as he would protect himself.

Deuteronomy 32:9

but Jacob's descendants he chose for himself.