Zechariah 2:12

New Century Version

The Lord will take Judah as his own part of the holy land, and Jerusalem will be his chosen city again.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place I am to be worshiped, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Esther 6:13

He told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Haman’s wife and the men who gave him advice said, “You are starting to lose power to Mordecai. Since he is a Jew, you cannot win against him. You will surely be ruined.”

Psalm 105:15

He said, “Don’t touch my chosen people, and don’t harm my prophets.”

Psalm 132:13

The Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he wants it for his home.

Psalm 132:14

He says, “This is my resting place forever. Here is where I want to stay.

Psalm 135:4

The Lord has chosen the people of Jacob for himself; he has chosen the people of Israel for his very own.

Psalm 33:12

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his very own.

Psalm 82:8

God, come and judge the earth, because you own all the nations.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will show mercy to the people of Jacob, and he will again choose the people of Israel. He will settle them in their own land. Then non-Israelite people will join the Israelites and will become a part of the family of Jacob.

Isaiah 17:14

At night the people will be very frightened. Before morning, no one will be left. So our enemies will come to our land, but they will become nothing.

Isaiah 41:9

I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, ‘You are my servants.’ I have chosen you and have not turned against you.

Jeremiah 10:16

But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols. He made everything, and he chose Israel to be his special people. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

Jeremiah 30:16

But all those nations that destroyed you will now be destroyed. All your enemies will become captives in other lands. Those who stole from you will have their own things stolen. Those who took things from you in war will have their own things taken.

Jeremiah 51:19

But God, who is Jacob’s Portion, is not like the idols. He made everything, and he chose Israel to be his special people. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.

Zechariah 1:17

“Also announce: This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘My towns will be rich again. The Lord will comfort Jerusalem again, and I will again choose Jerusalem.’ ”

Zechariah 3:2

The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord says no to you, Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem says no to you! This man was like a burning stick pulled from the fire.”

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found them in a desert, a windy, empty land. He surrounded them and brought them up, guarding them as those he loved very much.

Deuteronomy 32:9

The Lord took his people as his share, the people of Jacob as his very own.