Zechariah 2:4

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Esther 9:19

This is why Jews who live in small towns observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a joyous holiday, a time for feasting and giving gifts of food to one another.

Isaiah 33:20

Look at Zion, the city where we celebrate our religious festivals. Look at Jerusalem! What a safe place it will be to live in! It will be like a tent that is never moved, whose pegs are never pulled up and whose ropes never break.

Isaiah 44:26

But when my servant makes a prediction, when I send a messenger to reveal my plans, I make those plans and predictions come true. I tell Jerusalem that people will live there again, and the cities of Judah that they will be rebuilt. Those cities will rise from the ruins.

Isaiah 49:20

Your people who were born in exile will one day say to you, ‘This land is too small— we need more room to live in!’

Isaiah 54:16

“I create the blacksmith, who builds a fire and forges weapons. I also create the soldier, who uses the weapons to kill.

Jeremiah 1:6

I answered, “Sovereign Lord, I don't know how to speak; I am too young.”

Jeremiah 31:24

People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.

Jeremiah 31:27

“I, the Lord, say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.

Jeremiah 33:22

I will increase the number of descendants of my servant David and the number of priests from the tribe of Levi, so that it will be as impossible to count them as it is to count the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore.”

Ezekiel 38:11

You will decide to invade a helpless country where the people live in peace and security in unwalled towns that have no defenses.

Daniel 1:17

God gave the four young men knowledge and skill in literature and philosophy. In addition, he gave Daniel skill in interpreting visions and dreams.

Daniel 1:4

They had to be handsome, intelligent, well-trained, quick to learn, and free from physical defects, so that they would be qualified to serve in the royal court. Ashpenaz was to teach them to read and write the Babylonian language.

Micah 7:11

People of Jerusalem, the time to rebuild the city walls is coming. At that time your territory will be enlarged.

Zechariah 1:16

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

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 12:6

“At that time I will make the clans of Judah like a fire in a forest or in a field of ripe grain—they will destroy all the surrounding nations. The people of Jerusalem will remain safe in the city.

Zechariah 14:12

The Lord will bring a terrible disease on all the nations that make war on Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot away while they are still alive; their eyes and their tongues will rot away.

1 Timothy 4:12

Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an example for the believers in your speech, your conduct, your love, faith, and purity.