Jerusalem and Judah Prophecies in Zechariah (Old Testament)

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Zechariah - Inspired Version: Jesus Christ shall Dwell in Jerusalem

2:4 And said unto him, Run; speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein;

2:5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about and will be the glory in the midst of her.

2:6 Ho, ho! Come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

2:7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

2:8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you; for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.

2:9 For behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants; and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

2:10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

2:12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land and shall choose Jerusalem again.

2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord; for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

COMMENTARY: Jerusalem will be the dwelling place for Jesus Christ when He returns. The New Jerusalem (City of Melchizadek) will descend from the heavens to replace the current city. Jerusalem’s enemies will be destroyed.

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Zechariah - Inspired Version; The Lord will gather Judah

8:2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.

8:3 Thus saith the Lord: I am returned unto Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.

8:4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

8:6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

8:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will gather my people from the east country and from the west country;

8:8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness.

Commentary: The Lord will gather his Judah to Jerusalem. The city shall be transformed into righteousness after much affliction.

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Zechariah - Inspired Version: Jesus Christ is sold for 30 pieces of silver. He breaks the Covenant with Judah.

1:10 And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.

11:11 And it was broken in that day; and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

11:13 And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter--a goodly price that I was prized at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.

11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

11:15 And the Lord said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

11:16 For lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still; but he shall eat the flesh of the fat and tear their claws in pieces.

11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! The sword shall be upon his arm and upon his right eye; his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

COMMENTARY: Jesus Christ broke His Covenant with Judah after they crucified Him and gave them foolish shepperds that cared not for the flock.

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Zechariah - Inspired Version: All Nations shall attack Jerusalem. Christ shall appear and save them.

12:1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him:

12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about when they shall be in the siege, both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

12:4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness; and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.

12:5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts, their God.

12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among the wood and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

12:7 The Lord also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.

12:8 In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

12:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

12:10 And I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

12:11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon.

COMMENTARY: All nations shall be gathered together against Judah and Jerusalem. God will give the Jews great power over their enemies. He will visit them and they shall mourn that He was crucified in their House.

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Zechariah - Inspired Version: 2/3 of those that dwell at Jerusalem shall be destroyed. Only 1/3 will survive. But they will be refined through much tribulation. They will ask Him about the wounds in His hands.

13:6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

13:8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is my God.