Zechariah 10:9 “Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant…”

Zechariah 10:9

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

World English Bible

I will sow them among the peoples. They will remember me in far countries. They will live with their children and will return.

American Standard Version

And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will sowe them among the people, and they shall remember me in farre countreys: and they shall liue with their children and turne againe.

Darby Translation

And I will sow them among the peoples, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and return.

Young's Literal Translation

And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

Bible in Basic English

Though I had them planted among the peoples, they will keep me in mind in far countries: and they will take care of their children and will come back.

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Cross references

“sow”

Esther 8:17 Jeremiah 31:27 Hosea 2:23 Micah 5:7 Daniel 3:1–6 Amos 9:9

Esther 8:17 · BSB

In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because…

Jeremiah 31:27 · BSB

“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

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 5:7 · BSB

Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

Daniel 3:1–6 · BSB

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Amos 9:9 · BSB

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

“remember”

Ezekiel 6:9 Nehemiah 1:9 Jeremiah 51:50 Deuteronomy 30:1–4 1 Kings 8:47 1 Kings 8:48

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Nehemiah 1:9 · BSB

but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling fo…

Jeremiah 51:50 · BSB

You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”

Deuteronomy 30:1–4 · BSB

“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

1 Kings 8:47 · BSB

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

1 Kings 8:48 · BSB

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen,…

“live”

Isaiah 65:23 Isaiah 65:9 Romans 11:24 Acts 2:38 Acts 2:39 Acts 3:25

Isaiah 65:23 · BSB

They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.

Isaiah 65:9 · BSB

And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.

Romans 11:24 · BSB

For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

Acts 2:38 · BSB

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:39 · BSB

This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

Acts 3:25 · BSB

And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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

In context

8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

10I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

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