Zechariah 10:8 “I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they…”

Zechariah 10:8

I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

World English Bible

I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.

American Standard Version

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will hisse for them, and gather them: for I haue redeemed them: and they shall encrease, as they haue encreased.

Darby Translation

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.

Young's Literal Translation

I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.

Bible in Basic English

With the sound of the pipe I will get them together; for I have given the price to make them free: and they will be increased as they were increased.

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Cross references

“hiss”

Isaiah 5:26 Isaiah 7:18 Isaiah 55:1–3 Matthew 11:28 Revelation 22:17 Isaiah 11:11

Isaiah 5:26 · BSB

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Isaiah 7:18 · BSB

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.

Isaiah 55:1–3 · BSB

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Matthew 11:28 · BSB

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Revelation 22:17 · BSB

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

Isaiah 11:11 · BSB

On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

“for”

Zechariah 9:11 Isaiah 44:22 Isaiah 51:11 Isaiah 52:1–3 1 Timothy 2:4–6 Jeremiah 31:10

Zechariah 9:11 · BSB

As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Isaiah 44:22 · BSB

I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 51:11 · BSB

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 52:1–3 · BSB

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

1 Timothy 2:4–6 · BSB

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Jeremiah 31:10 · BSB

Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

“and they”

Jeremiah 33:22 Hosea 1:10 Exodus 1:7 1 Kings 4:20 Isaiah 49:19–22 Jeremiah 30:19

Jeremiah 33:22 · BSB

As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Hosea 1:10 · BSB

Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘s…

Exodus 1:7 · BSB

but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

1 Kings 4:20 · BSB

The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

Isaiah 49:19–22 · BSB

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Jeremiah 30:19 · BSB

Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.

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

In context

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.

9Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

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