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

Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. Jehovah blessed him.

I will send you rain at the proper time. Then the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.

Jehovah will bless you with many children, with abundant crops, and with many cattle and sheep.

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

Honor Jehovah with your wealth and give him the best of all you have.

Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.

I will bless them and the places around my hill. I will send rain at the right time. These showers will be a blessing to them.

I will make fruit grow on the trees and crops grow in the fields so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famines.

It will happen in that day. I will answer, said Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth!

Do not be afraid you beasts of the field. The pastures of the wilderness have turned green. The tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

Behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, that the plowman will overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes by the one who sows seed. The mountains will drop sweet wine, and all the hills will melt.

There is no grain left. The grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced. However from now on I will bless you.

Prosperous

The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.

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

The heavens

May God give you of the dew of heaven, the fatness of the earth, and an abundance of grain and new wine.

My instruction shall drop as the rain; my words shall descend like dew, as the gentle rains on the tender plant, and as the showers on vegetation.

Blessed of Jehovah is his land. Bless it with the dew from heaven above and with the deep waters lying below.

Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: By the living Jehovah, 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 anger is like the roaring of a lion but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

It is because of you that the sky above you withholds the dew, and the earth below withholds its produce.

The remnant

Jehovah of hosts proclaims: If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? Said Jehovah of Hosts.

In that day, said Jehovah, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather the outcasts, and those I have afflicted.

Therefore let no man boast in men. For all things are yours.

To possess

Instead of your shame there will be a double portion. Instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land. Everlasting joy will be theirs.

I will bring people, my people Israel, to you. They will take possession of you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer take their children away from them.'

There will be those who escape in Mount Zion. It will be holy, and the house of Jacob will take (confiscate) their possessions.

Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

General references

I am for you. I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted.