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, - seeing that Yahweh had blessed him.

Then will I give your rains in their season, - And the land shall yield her 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 cattle, - the young of thy kine, and the ewes of thy flock:

Earth, will have given her increase, God, our own God, will bless us:

Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

Then will he give - Rain for thy seed - wherewith thou shalt sow thy ground and Bread as the increase of thy ground, which shall be fertile and fat, - Thy cattle, in that day, shall feed in broad pasture:

And I, will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing,- And I will cause the abundant rain to come down in its season abundant rains of blessing, shall they be;

And I will multiply The fruit of the tree, and The increase of the field, - To the end that ye may not receive any more the reproach of famine among the nations.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will respond, Declareth Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, - and, they, shall respond to the earth;

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field, for sprouted have the pastures of the wilderness, - for, the tree, hath borne its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine, have yielded their wealth.

Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, that, the plowman, shall overtake, the reaper, and, he that treadeth out the grapes, him that traileth the seed, - so shall, the mountains, drip sweet wine, and, all the hills, shall melt;

Is the seed yet in the store-house? Howbeit, though at present neither, the vine nor the fig-tree nor the pomegranate nor the olive tree, hath brought forth, from this very day, will I bless you.

Prosperous

May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;

And, in harvest of righteousness, with peace, is sown by them that make peace.

The heavens

Then, may God give thee of the dew of the heavens, And of the fatness of the earth, - And abundance of corn and new wine:

Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew, - As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.

And of Joseph, he said, Blessed of Yahweh, be his land, - With the precious things of the heavens with the dew, And with the abyss, couching beneath;

Then said Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, unto Ahab, By the life of Yahweh, God of Israel, before whom I stand, there shall not, these two years, be either dew or rain, - save at the bidding of my word.

The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily, - and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:

Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;

The remnant

Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Because it will be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people, in those days, In mine own eyes also, shall it be marvellous? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts.

In that day, Declareth Yahweh, will I take up her teat is lame, and, her that hath been an outcast, will I carry, - even whomsoever I have afflicted;

So then, let, no one, be boasting in men; for, all things, are yours -

To possess

Instead of your shame, - double! and Instead of disgrace, they shall shout in triumph over their portion, - Therefore in their own land, shall they possess double, Joy age-abiding, shall be theirs.

And I will bring upon you - men even my people Israel That they may possess thee, So shalt thou be theirs, as an inheritance, -And thou shalt no more again make them childless.

But, in Mount Zion, shall be a delivered remnant which shall be holy, - and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions;

But be seeking first, the kingdom and its righteousness, - and, all these things, shall be added unto you.

General references

For lo! I am towards you, Therefore will I turn towards you, And ye shall be tilled and sewn;