Topic
East Country
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Zechariah 8:7ISBE
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
kun'-tri ('erets mizrach):
Lit. "country of the sunrise" over against the "country of the sunset" (Zec 8:7). The two together form a poetical expression indicating the whole earth.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.