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The Redemption of Zion

Zechariah 2:12

In 11 translations

BSB
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
KJV
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
WEB
Yahweh will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
ASV
And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
LSV
And YHWH has inherited Judah, || His portion on the holy ground, || And He has fixed again on Jerusalem.
YLT
And Jehovah hath inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.
DBY
And Jehovah shall inherit Judah [as] his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
DRC
And the Lord shall possess Juda his portion in the sanctified land: and he shall yet choose Jerusalem.
GNV
And the Lord shall inherite Iudah his portion in the holy lande, and shall chuse Ierusalem againe.
JPS2:16
And the LORD shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
LXXE2:16
And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy land, and he will yet choose Jerusalem.

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Original-language editions

WLC2:16
וְנָחַ֨ל יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־יְהוּדָה֙ חֶלְק֔וֹ עַ֖ל אַדְמַ֣ת הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּבָחַ֥ר ע֖וֹד בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃KJV:Zech.2.12
LXX-Br2:16
Καὶ κατακληρονομήσει Κύριος τὸν Ἰούδαν τὴν μερίδα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν ἁγίαν· καὶ αἱρετιεῖ ἔτι τὴν Ἱερουσαλήμ.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Zechariah 1:17Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”
  • Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
  • Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  • Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
  • Psalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
  • Jeremiah 51:19The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  • Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These…
  • Isaiah 41:9I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
  • Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

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  • 2:16 in some Bibles
  • 2:12 in most Bibles

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