Zechariah 9:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I will protect my country. I will not let enemy armies pass through it. I will not let them hurt my people anymore. With my own eyes I have seen how much my people have suffered.”

Cross References

Isaiah 54:14

You will be built on goodness. You will be safe from cruelty and fear. So you will have nothing to fear. Nothing will come to hurt you.

Isaiah 60:18

There will never again be news of violence in your country. People will never again attack your country and steal from you. You will name your walls, ‘Salvation’ and your gates, ‘Praise.’

Isaiah 52:1

Wake up! Wake up! Zion, clothe yourself with strength. Holy city of Jerusalem, stand up and put on your beautiful clothes! Those filthy foreigners will not enter you again.

Jeremiah 31:12

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.

Amos 9:15

I will plant my people on their land, and never again will they be pulled up out of the land that I gave them.” This is what the Lord your God said.

Ezekiel 39:29

I will pour out my Spirit on the family of Israel, and I will never turn away from my people again.” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Isaiah 52:12

You will leave Babylon, but they will not force you to leave in a hurry. You will not be forced to run away. The Lord will be in front of you. The God of Israel will be behind you.

Isaiah 31:5

Just as birds fly over their nest to protect it, so the Lord All-Powerful will defend Jerusalem. He will save her. He will “pass over” and save Jerusalem.

Psalm 72:4

May the king be fair to the poor. May he help the helpless and punish those who hurt them.

Psalm 34:7

The Lord’s angel builds a camp around his followers, and he protects them.

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me and give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”

Exodus 3:9

I have heard the cries of the Israelites, and I have seen the way the Egyptians have made life hard for them.

Revelation 20:9

I saw Satan’s army march across the earth and gather around the camp of God’s people and the city that God loves. But fire came down from heaven and destroyed Satan’s army.

Acts 7:34

I have seen my people suffer much in Egypt. I have heard my people crying and have come down to save them. Come now, Moses, I am sending you back to Egypt.’

Zechariah 14:11

People will move to Jerusalem because it will be a safe place to live. It will never again be destroyed.

Zechariah 12:8

But the Lord will protect the people in Jerusalem. Even the man who trips and falls will become a great soldier like David. And the men from David’s family will be like gods—like the Lord’s own angel leading the people.

Jeremiah 46:13

This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack Egypt.

Jeremiah 46:2

This message is about the nation of Egypt. It is about the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt. His army was defeated at the town of Carchemish. Carchemish is on the Euphrates River. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated the army of Pharaoh Neco at Carchemish in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah. The Lord said,

Isaiah 26:1

At that time people will sing this song in Judah: We have a strong city with strong walls and defenses. But God gives us our salvation.

Isaiah 4:5

Then the Lord will create a cloud of smoke in the day and a bright flame of fire at night over every building and over every meeting of the people on the mountain of Zion. And there will be a covering over everyone for protection.

2 Kings 24:1

In the time of Jehoiakim, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the country of Judah. Jehoiakim served Nebuchadnezzar for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against Nebuchadnezzar and broke away from his rule.

2 Kings 23:29

While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt, went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. Josiah went out to meet Neco at Megiddo. Pharaoh saw Josiah and killed him.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, “I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptians hurt them. I know about their pain.

Zechariah 9:7

They will no longer eat meat with the blood still in it or any other forbidden food. Any Philistine left alive will become a part of my people; they will be just one more tribe in Judah. The people of Ekron will become a part of my people, as the Jebusites did.

2 Kings 19:34

I will protect this city and save it. I will do this for myself and for my servant David.’”

Proverbs 3:25

You have no reason to fear a sudden disaster or the destruction that comes to the wicked.

Zechariah 12:4

But at that time I will scare the horse, and the soldier riding it will panic. I will make all the enemy horses blind, but my eyes will be open—and I will be watching over Judah’s family.