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Zechariah 8:12

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“These people will plant in peace. Their grapevines will produce grapes. The land will give good crops, and the skies will give rain. I will give all these things to my people.

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Moses said this about Joseph: “May the Lord bless Joseph’s land with rain from the skies above and water from the ground below.

May God give you plenty of rain, good crops, and wine.

What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need.

The Lord All-Powerful says, “The survivors will think it is wonderful, and so will I!”

Your seed for planting is still in the barn. And look at the vines, the fig trees, and the pomegranate and olive trees. They have not yet produced any fruit. But beginning today, I will bless you.’”

That is why the sky holds back its dew and why the earth holds back its crops.

Animals of the field, don’t be afraid. The desert pastures will grow grass. The trees will grow fruit. The fig trees and the vines will grow plenty of fruit.

People who work for peace in a peaceful way get the blessings that come from right living.

So there is not a person on earth that any of you should be boasting about. Everything is yours:

I will be like the dew to Israel. Israel will blossom like the lily. He will grow like the cedar trees of Lebanon.

I will give you large crops of fruit from your trees and the harvest from your fields so that you will never again feel the shame of being hungry in a foreign country.

In the past, other people shamed you and said bad things to you. You were shamed much more than any other people. So in your land you will get two times more than other people. You will get the joy that continues forever.

At that time the Lord will send you rain. You will plant seeds, and the ground will grow food for you. You will have a very large harvest. You will have plenty of food in the fields for your animals. There will be large fields for your sheep.

Isaac planted fields in that place, and that year he gathered a great harvest. The Lord blessed him very much.

Yes, I will lead many people—my people, Israel—to your land. You will be their property, and you will not take away their children again.”

The shouts of an angry king are like a roaring lion, but his kind words are like a gentle rain falling softly on the grass.

Let there be peace and justice throughout the land, known on every mountain and hill.

So Israel will live in safety. Jacob’s well belongs to them. They will get a land of grain and wine. And that land will get plenty of rain.

My teachings will come like the rain, like a mist falling to the ground, like a gentle rain on the soft grass, like rain on the green plants.

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall for the next few years. The rain will fall only when I command it to fall.”

“Remember my laws and commands, and obey them.

The Lord will give us many good things. The ground will grow many good crops.

That is why those people will soon disappear. They will be like a fog that comes early in the morning and then quickly disappears. The Israelites will be like chaff that is blown from the threshing floor. The Israelites will be like smoke that goes out a window and disappears.

“The Lord said, ‘Today is the 24th day of the ninth month. You have finished laying the foundation of the Lord’s Temple. So notice what happens from this day forward:

The people of Israel will come to the top of Zion, and they will shout with joy. Their faces will shine with happiness about the good things the Lord gives them. He will give them grain, new wine, olive oil, young sheep and cattle. They will be like a garden that has plenty of water. And the people of Israel will not be troubled anymore.

They will not be caught like an animal by the nations anymore. Those animals will not eat them anymore. No, they will live safely. No one will make them afraid.

I am with you, and I will help you. People will till your soil and plant seeds in you.

The Lord spoke to his people. He said, “I will send you grain, wine, and oil. You will have plenty. I will not shame you among the nations anymore.

The survivors of Israel will not do bad things or tell lies. They will not try to trick people with lies. They will be like sheep that eat and lie down in peace—and no one will bother them.”

I will not let pests destroy your crops. All your grapevines will produce grapes.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.




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