Zechariah 10:6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I w…”

Zechariah 10:6

I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

World English Bible

“I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, for I have mercy on them. They will be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them.

American Standard Version

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will strengthen the house of Iudah, and I will preserue the house of Ioseph, and I wil bring them againe, for I pitie them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will heare them.

Darby Translation

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back again; for I will have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will answer them.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make the children of Judah strong, and I will be the saviour of the children of Joseph, and I will make them come back again, for I have had mercy on them: they will be as if I had not given them up: for I am the Lord their God and I will give them an answer.

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Cross references

“I will strengthen”

Zechariah 10:12 Isaiah 41:10 Micah 4:13 Micah 5:8 Micah 7:16 Psalm 89:21

Zechariah 10:12 · BSB

I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 41:10 · BSB

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Micah 4:13 · BSB

Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Micah 5:8 · BSB

Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with…

Micah 7:16 · BSB

Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

Psalm 89:21 · BSB

My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

“I will save”

Jeremiah 3:18 Hosea 1:11 Jeremiah 23:6 Jeremiah 31:1 Jeremiah 31:31 Ezekiel 39:25

Jeremiah 3:18 · BSB

In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.

Hosea 1:11 · BSB

Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Jeremiah 23:6 · BSB

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Jeremiah 31:1 · BSB

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”

Jeremiah 31:31 · BSB

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Ezekiel 39:25 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

“for I have”

Isaiah 14:1 Hosea 2:23 Micah 7:18–20 Jeremiah 31:20 Hosea 1:7

Isaiah 14:1 · BSB

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Hosea 2:23 · BSB

And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

Micah 7:18–20 · BSB

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Jeremiah 31:20 · BSB

Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.

Hosea 1:7 · BSB

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

“as”

Zechariah 8:11 Isaiah 49:17–21 Jeremiah 30:18 Ezekiel 36:11

Zechariah 8:11 · BSB

But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah 49:17–21 · BSB

Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

Jeremiah 30:18 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Ezekiel 36:11 · BSB

I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

“for I am”

Zechariah 13:9 Ezekiel 36:37 Isaiah 41:17–20 Jeremiah 33:2 Jeremiah 33:3

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

Ezekiel 36:37 · BSB

This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

Isaiah 41:17–20 · BSB

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Jeremiah 33:2 · BSB

“Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

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