Zechariah 9:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

How great is his goodness

How great is his beauty

Corn

Cheerful

Song of Songs 7:9

General references

Numbers 15:5

Amos 8:13

1 Peter 2:3

Bible References

How great is his goodness

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice.

I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.

For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

But "when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

How great is his beauty

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? -- majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor.

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men.

You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land.

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory -- the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

all of whom were singing in a loud voice: "Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!"

Corn

The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: "I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground;

You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame.

On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.

Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land -- not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation!

"Be sure of this, the time is coming," says the Lord, "when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides.

And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

Cheerful

May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

General references

You must also prepare one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with the burnt offering or the sacrifice for each lamb.

In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

if you have experienced the Lord's kindness.