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The Restoration of Jerusalem

Zechariah 8:7

In 11 translations

BSB
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;the west…: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun
WEB
Yahweh of Armies says: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country.
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
LSV
Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Behold, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, || And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
YLT
Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
DBY
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
DRC
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will save my people from the land of the east, and from the land of the going down of the sun.
GNV
Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Beholde, I will deliuer my people from the East countrey, and from the West countrey.
JPS
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will save My people from the east country, and from the west country;
LXXE
Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and the west country;

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Original-language editions

WLC
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ אֶת־עַמִּ֖י מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִזְרָ֑ח וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץ מְב֥וֹא הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Τάδε λέγει Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ σώζω τὸν λαόν μου ἀπὸ γῆς ἀνατολῶν καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς δυσμῶν,

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  • Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  • Isaiah 43:5–6Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar,…
  • Amos 9:14–15I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will firmly plant them in…
  • Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  • Isaiah 27:12–13In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in…
  • Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says…
  • Romans 11:25–27I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved,…
  • Psalms 107:2–3Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
  • Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
  • Ezekiel 37:19–25you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of…
  • Hosea 11:10–11They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west. They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I…
  • Isaiah 66:19–20I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My…
  • Isaiah 11:11–16On 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. He…
  • Psalms 113:3From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
  • Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

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