Zechariah 2:12

New English Translation

The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Esther 6:13

Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, “If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!”

Psalm 105:15

saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”

Psalm 132:13

Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.

Psalm 132:14

He said, “This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.

Psalm 135:4

Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession.

Psalm 33:12

How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.

Psalm 82:8

Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations.

Isaiah 14:1

The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.

Isaiah 17:14

In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

Isaiah 41:9

you whom I am bringing back from the earth’s extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions – I told you, “You are my servant.” I have chosen you and not rejected you.

Jeremiah 10:16

The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.”

Jeremiah 30:16

But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged.

Jeremiah 51:19

The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.

Zechariah 1:17

Speak up again with the message of the Lord who rules over all: ‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”

Zechariah 3:2

The Lord said to Satan, “May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn’t this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

Deuteronomy 32:10

The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession.