Zechariah 1:17

First Vision: Horsemen

¹⁶ Therefore thus says LORD: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem. ¹⁷ Cry yet again, saying, Thus says LORD of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity, and LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. ¹⁸ And I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Lord Shall

Says the Lord

Thus Says the Lord

Upon Zion

Jehovah

Jerusalem

Zion

Isaiah 51:3

For LORD has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of LORD. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Zechariah 2:12

And LORD shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

Isaiah 14:1

For LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. And the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cling to the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers, who says of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places of it,

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I have chosen Jerusalem that my name might be there. And have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Nehemiah 11:3

Now these are the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. But in the cities of Judah everyone dwells in his possession in their cities, [namely], Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the sons of Solomo

Nehemiah 11:20

And the rest of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.

Psalm 69:35

For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.

Psalm 132:13-14

For LORD has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, says your God.

Isaiah 41:8-9

But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

Isaiah 49:13

Sing, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains. For LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

Isaiah 51:12

I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are thou, that thou are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass,

Isaiah 52:9

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem, for LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:8

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on thee, says LORD thy Redeemer.

Isaiah 61:4-6

And they shall build the old wastes. They shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 66:13

As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:23-24

Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Yet again they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof when I shall bring again their captivity: LORD bless thee, O habitation of righteousness, O mountain of

Jeremiah 32:43-44

And fields shall be bought in this land, of which ye say, It is desolate, without man or beast. It is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 33:13

In the cities of the hill-country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks shall again pass under the han

Ezekiel 36:10-11

And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it, and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.

Ezekiel 36:33

Thus says lord LORD: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be built.

Amos 9:14

And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine of it. They shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

Obadiah 1:20

And the captives of this host of the sons of Israel, who are [among] the Canaanites, [shall possess] even to Zarephath. And the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South.

Zephaniah 3:15-17

LORD has taken away thy judgments. He has cast out thine enemy. The King of Israel, even LORD, is in the midst of thee. Thou shall not fear evil any more.

Zechariah 3:2

And LORD said to Satan, LORD rebuke thee, O Satan. Yea, LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire?

Romans 11:28-29

They are indeed enemies toward the good-news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

Ephesians 1:4

Just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, for us to be holy and unblemished before him in love.