Zechariah 1:17

First Vision: Horsemen

¹⁶ Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem. ¹⁷ “Proclaim further: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the Lord will once more comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.” ¹⁸ Then I looked up and saw 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 the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.

Zechariah 2:12

The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the message of His servant
and fulfills the counsel of His messengers;
who says to Jerusalem, “She will be inhabited,”
and to the cities of Judah, “They will be rebuilt,”
and I will restore her ruins;

2 Chronicles 6:6

But I have chosen Jerusalem
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.”

Nehemiah 11:3

These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

Nehemiah 11:20

The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.

Psalm 69:35

for God will save Zion
and build up the cities of Judah.
They will live there and possess it.

Psalm 132:13-14

For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His home:

Isaiah 40:1-2

“Comfort, comfort My people,”
says your God.

Isaiah 41:8-9

But you, Israel, My servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
descendant of Abraham, My friend—

Isaiah 49:13

Shout for joy, you heavens!
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 51:12

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?

Isaiah 52:9

Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

Isaiah 54:8

In a surge of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.

Isaiah 61:4-6

They will rebuild the ancient ruins;
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.

Isaiah 66:13

As a mother comforts her son,
so I will comfort you,
and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing,
while young and old men rejoice together.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
give them consolation,
and bring happiness out of grief.

Jeremiah 31:23-24

This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore their fortunes, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities, ‘May the Lord bless you, righteous settlement, holy mountain.’

Jeremiah 32:43-44

Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It’s a desolation without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans!’

Jeremiah 33:13

The flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them in the cities of the hill country, the cities of the Judean foothills, the cities of the Negev, the land of Benjamin—the cities surrounding Jerusalem and Judah’s cities, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:10-11

I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

Ezekiel 36:33

“This is what the Lord God says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

Amos 9:14

I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel.
They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities,
plant vineyards and drink their wine,
make gardens and eat their produce.

Obadiah 1:20

The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the cities of the Negev.

Zephaniah 3:15-17

The Lord has removed your punishment;
He has turned back your enemy.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you;
you need no longer fear harm.

Zechariah 3:2

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

Romans 11:28-29

Regarding the gospel, they are enemies for your advantage, but regarding election, they are loved because of the patriarchs,

Ephesians 1:4

For He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love