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Zechariah 2:12

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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This verse in Zechariah 2

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Zechariah · Written before 420.

(Verse 10 onwards) Praise and rejoice, Daughter Zion, for behold, I am coming and will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. Many nations will be joined to the Lord on that day and will became my people. I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. The Lord will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and he will choose Jerusalem again. Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Zion, for behold, I am coming and will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord.

This site's exposition

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion

on Zechariah 2:10-13

The chapter turns from summons to song: sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, an indwelling the bench applies at more than one horizon, the second temple's rebuilding, the incarnation, and a fuller future dwelling, the readings named without a house verdict fixing the promise to one alone. Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people joins the Gentiles to the covenant without displacing Judah, whom the same verses still call the Lord's portion in the holy land, chosen again rather than set aside. The chapter closes on hushed awe, be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord, for he is raised up out of his holy habitation, all creation quieted before an act of God too large for comment.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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,
And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land,....

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land - This is a promise of the final restoration of the Jews, and that they should be God’s portion in their own land.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens

And the Lord shall inherit Judah His portion - The inheritance of the Lord is the title which God commonly gave to Israel (Deu 4:20; Deu 9:26, Deu 9:29; 1Sa 26:19; 2Sa 14:16; 2Sa 20:19; 2Sa 21:3; 1Ki 8:51; Psa 28:9; Psa 33:12; Psa 68:10; Psa 78:62, Psa 78:71; Psa 119:1; Psa 106:40, Joe 2:17; Joe 3:2, (Hebrew) Isa 19:25; Isa 47:6; Jer 12:7-9; Jer 50:11). God is said to be the portion of Israel Jer 10:16; Jer 51:19; of the pious Psa 16:5; Psa 73:26; Psa 119:57; Psa 142:6; Lam 3:24; once only beside, is Israel said to be the portion of God Deu 32:9; once only is God said to inherit Israel, “Pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance” Exo 34:9. Zechariah unites the two rare idioms. In the holy land - The land is again made holy by God, and sanctified by His Presence. So He calls the place where He revealed Himself to Moses, “holy ground” Exo 3:5. So it is said, “the holy place” Lev 10:17; Lev 14:13, “the holy house” 1Ch 29:3, “the holy ark” 2Ch 35:3, “the holy city” Neh 11:1, Neh 11:18; Isa 48:2; Isa 52:1, “the holy mountain” Isa 27:13; Jer 31:23; Zec 8:3, “the holy people” Isa 62:12, “the holy chambers” (Eze 42:13 all), or, with reference to their relation to God who consecrates them, “My holy mountain” Psa 2:6; Isa 11:9; Isa 56:7; Isa 57:13; Isa 65:11, Isa 65:25; Isa 66:20; Eze 20:40; Joe 2:1; Joe 3:17; Oba 1:16. Zep 3:11, “Thy holy habitation” Exo 15:13, “Thy holy dwelling-place” (Deu 26:15. “His holy hab.” Psa 68:6; Jer 25:30; Zec 2:1-13:17) “thy holy temple” (Psa 5:8; Psa 79:1; Psa 138:2; Jon 2:5, Jon 2:8, “His holy temple,” Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20), “Thy holy mountain” (Psa 15:1; Psa 43:3; Dan 9:16. “His holy hill,” Psa 3:5; Psa 48:2; Psa 99:9), “Thy holy oracle” Psa 28:2, “Thy holy city” Dan 9:24, “cities” Isa 64:9, “His holy place” Psa 24:1-10:, “His holy border.” Psa 78:54. […]

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

After glory After your glory I am sent, to magnify your glory. And the Midrash Aggadah (Addendum to Tan. Buber, Devarim 4) states: After the honor - After I pay Esau for the honor that he bestowed upon his father.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Zechariah 2:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Ho, Zion! Flee This too is an expression of announcement: Assemble, O exile of Zion, and flee from the midst of Babylon.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Zechariah 2:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
and they shall be prey, etc., to Israel, who are now slaves to them.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Zechariah 2:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנָחַ֨לand he will inherit

    venachalH5157 →

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • חֶלְק֔וֹportion his

    chelkoH2506 →

  • עַ֖לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אַדְמַ֣ת[the] land of

    ʾadmatH127 →225 times

  • הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ<the> holiness

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

  • וּבָחַ֥רand he will choose

    uvacharH977 →171 times

  • ע֖וֹדagain

    odH5750 →490 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃<in> Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.’”6 worksDeuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.5 worksExodus 34:9“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”5 worksZechariah 3:2And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”5 worksJeremiah 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.4 worksPsalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.3 worksExodus 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.2 worksPsalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.2 worksIsaiah 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.2 worksPsalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.2 worksJeremiah 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.2 worksJeremiah 51:5For Israel and Judah have not been abandoned by their God, the LORD of Hosts, though their land is full of guilt before the Holy One of Israel.”2 worksZechariah 12:6On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 33:12

    Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!

    it leads to

    • Psalms 144:15

      Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

    • 1 Peter 2:9

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

    • John 15:16

      You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

    • Deuteronomy 7:6–8

      For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…

    • Ephesians 1:4

      For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 32:9

    But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 10:16

      The 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.

    • 1 Peter 2:9–10

      But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 10:16

    The 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.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 32:9

      But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

About Zechariah

Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Edward Bouverie Pusey, The Minor Prophets: A Commentary; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Zechariah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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