Zechariah 2:12 KJV — MannaFest

Zechariah 2:12

And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

KJV

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ASV

And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

WEB

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

YLT

And Jehovah hath inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.

DBT

And Jehovah shall inherit Judah [as] his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

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Zechariah — Contemporary of Haggai — but longer, stranger, and more explicitly Messianic. Eight night visions, a royal-priestly crown, Zion's king riding on a donkey, and the pierced one they shall look upon.

Author: Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo (1:1) — priest and prophet of the return
Date: Began 520 BC, contemporary with Haggai; later oracles (ch. 9–14) may date to the later 5th c. BC

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Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 32:9
For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Exodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
Zechariah 3:2
And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
Jeremiah 10:16
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

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He will choose Jerusalem again, as he had chosen it formerly, to put his name there; he will renew and confirm the choice, and continue it a chosen place, till it must resign its honours to the Jerusalem that is from above. Though the election seemed to be set aside for a while, yet it shall obtain. Here is silence proclaimed to all the world besides,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

32:9) as "His inheritance" should cease, this verse is added to assure them of His making them so hereafter "again." choose Jerusalem again--The course of God's grace was interrupted for a time, but His covenant was not set aside (Ro 11:28, 29); the election was once for all, and therefore shall hold good for ever.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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