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Zechariah 2:12

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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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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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנָחַ֨לve.na.Chaland he will inheritH5157 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
חֶלְק֔וֹchel.Koportion hisH2506 →
עַ֖ל'alonH5921 →
אַדְמַ֣ת'ad.Mat[the] land ofH127 →
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁha.Ko.desh<the> holinessH6944 →
וּבָחַ֥רu.va.Charand he will chooseH977 →
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.Lim<in> JerusalemH3389 →

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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.Exodus 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.”Zechariah 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?”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!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.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.Psalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.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.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.Jeremiah 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.”Zechariah 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.

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Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zechariah's Vision of Four Chariots — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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