Zechariah 8:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

The seed

Prosperous

Psalm 72:3

James 3:18

The heavens

Haggai 1:10

The remnant

Zechariah 8:6

Micah 4:6

1 Corinthians 3:21

To possess

General references

Ezekiel 36:9

Bible References

The seed

And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him.

then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

The earth hath yielded its increase: God, even our own God, will bless us.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;

And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you .

Prosperous

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.

The heavens

And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.

My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

And of Joseph he said, Blessed of Jehovah be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath,

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; But his favor is as dew upon the grass.

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

The remnant

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts.

In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;

Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

To possess

Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

But in mount Zion there shall be those that escape, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

General references

For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn into you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;