Zechariah 8:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.

Cross References

Job 42:17

And Job died, old and full of days.

Job 5:26

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.

Exodus 21:19

but recovers and walks around outside with the help of a staff, then the assailant shall be free of liability, except to pay for the loss of time and to arrange for full recovery.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:24

And Judah and all its towns shall live there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.

Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run, say to that young man: Jerusalem shall be inhabited like unwalled villages because of the multitude of people and animals in it.

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

1 Samuel 2:31

See, a time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestor’s family.

1 Samuel 2:32

No one in your family shall ever live to old age.