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

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

Then I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will give her increase and the trees of the field will give their fruit;

A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:

And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

And I will give the rain at the right time, and I will make the shower come down at the right time; there will be showers of blessing.

And I will make the tree give more fruit and the field fuller produce, and no longer will you be shamed among the nations for need of food.

And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

See, the days will come, says the Lord, when the ploughman will overtake him who is cutting the grain, and the crusher of the grapes him who is planting seed; and sweet wine will be dropping from the mountains, and the hills will be turned into streams of wine.

Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.

Prosperous

May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

The heavens

May God give you the dew of heaven, and the good things of the earth, and grain and wine in full measure:

My teaching is dropping like rain, coming down like dew on the fields; like rain on the young grass and showers on the garden plants:

And of Joseph he said, Let the blessing of the Lord be on his land; for the good things of heaven on high, and the deep waters flowing under the earth,

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.

The remnant

This is what the Lord of armies has said: If this is a wonder to the rest of this people, is it a wonder to me? says the Lord of armies.

In that day, says the Lord, I will get together her who goes with uncertain steps, I will get together her who has been sent away, and her on whom I have sent evil;

So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;

To possess

As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.

Yes, I will have you walked on by the feet of men, even my people Israel; they will have you for a heritage and you will be theirs, and never again will you take their children from them.

But in Mount Zion some will be kept safe, and it will be holy; and the children of Jacob will take their heritage.

But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.

General references

For truly I am for you, and I will be turned to you, and you will be ploughed and planted: