Zechariah 8:20 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the reside…”

Zechariah 8:20

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

World English Bible

The LORD of Armies says: “Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come.

American Standard Version

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus saith the Lord of hostes, That there shall yet come people, and the inhabitants of great cities.

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,

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Cross references

“there”

Zechariah 2:11 Isaiah 60:3–12 Jeremiah 16:19 Matthew 8:11 1 Kings 8:41 1 Kings 8:43

Zechariah 2:11 · BSB

“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

Isaiah 60:3–12 · BSB

Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

Jeremiah 16:19 · BSB

O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at…

Matthew 8:11 · BSB

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

1 Kings 8:41 · BSB

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

1 Kings 8:43 · BSB

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they wil…

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

In context

19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

21and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’

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