Zechariah 8:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.”

Cross References

Genesis 26:4

I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give to your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves:

Psalm 44:16

at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 72:17

May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun! May men bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!

Psalm 79:4

We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those round about us.

Isaiah 43:28

Therefore I profaned the princes of the sanctuary, I delivered Jacob to utter destruction and Israel to reviling.

Jeremiah 24:9

I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.

Jeremiah 25:18

Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and princes, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;

Jeremiah 26:6

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.’ ”

Jeremiah 29:18

I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, a terror, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,

Jeremiah 33:24

“Have you not observed what these people are saying, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families which he chose’? Thus they have despised my people so that they are no longer a nation in their sight.

Jeremiah 42:18

“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall see this place no more.

Jeremiah 44:12

I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed; from the least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine; and they shall become an execration, a horror, a curse, and a taunt.

Jeremiah 44:22

The Lord could no longer bear your evil doings and the abominations which you committed; therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Lamentations 4:15

“Away! Unclean!” men cried at them; “Away! Away! Touch not!” So they became fugitives and wanderers; men said among the nations, “They shall stay with us no longer.”

Ezekiel 34:26

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.

Ezekiel 37:11

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.’

Ezekiel 5:15

You shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations round about you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious chastisements—I, the Lord, have spoken—

Daniel 9:11

All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass, which tarry not for men nor wait for the sons of men.

Zephaniah 3:16

On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak.

Zephaniah 3:20

At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you together; yea, I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,” says the Lord.

Haggai 2:19

Is the seed yet in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will bless you.”

Haggai 2:5

according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit abides among you; fear not.

Zechariah 1:19

And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 14:11

And it shall be inhabited, for there shall be no more curse; Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

Zechariah 8:15

so again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.

Zechariah 8:9

Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets, since the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

Zechariah 9:13

For I have bent Judah as my bow; I have made Ephraim its arrow. I will brandish your sons, O Zion, over your sons, O Greece, and wield you like a warrior's sword.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Be watchful, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong.

Galatians 3:14

that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Deuteronomy 26:19

that he will set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has spoken.”

Deuteronomy 28:37

And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where the Lord will lead you away.