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Zechariah 1:6

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

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ASV

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

KJV

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַ֣ךְ׀'akhneverthelessH389 →
דְּבָרַ֣יde.va.Raiwords myH1697 →
וְחֻקַּ֗יve.chu.Kaiand statutes myH2706 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
צִוִּ֙יתִי֙tzi.Vi.tiI commandedH6680 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֲבָדַ֣י'a.va.Daiservants myH5650 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'Imthe prophetsH5030 →
הֲל֥וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
הִשִּׂ֖יגוּhi.Si.gudid they overtakeH5381 →
אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֑ם'a.vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →
וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they repentedH7725 →
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
זָמַ֜םza.Mamhe plannedH2161 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'Otof hostsH6635 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
לָ֔נוּLa.nuto us
כִּדְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙kid.ra.Khei.nuaccording to ways ourH1870 →
וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּu.khe.Ma.'a.la.Lei.nuand according to deeds ourH4611 →
כֵּ֖ןkensoH3651 →
עָשָׂ֥ה'a.Sahhe has doneH6213 →
אִתָּֽנוּ׃ ס'i.Ta.nuwith usH854 →

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Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.Deuteronomy 28:2And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:Jeremiah 1:10See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”Lamentations 2:17The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.Ezekiel 12:25–28because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”Deuteronomy 28:15If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?Jeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!Daniel 9:11–12All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.Amos 9:10All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”2 Kings 10:10Know, then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail, for the LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah.”Hosea 5:9Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.Isaiah 21:17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”

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