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Zechariah 2:4

and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

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ASV

and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

KJV

And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלָ֔יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
רֻ֗ץRutzrunH7323 →
דַּבֵּ֛רda.BerspeakH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַנַּ֥עַרha.Na.'arthe young manH5288 →
הַלָּ֖זha.LazthisH1975 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
פְּרָזוֹת֙pe.ra.zOtopen regionsH6519 →
תֵּשֵׁ֣בte.Shevit will remainH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →
מֵרֹ֥בme.Rofrom [the] multitude ofH7230 →
אָדָ֛ם'a.Damperson[s]H120 →
וּבְהֵמָ֖הu.ve.he.Mahand livestockH929 →
בְּתוֹכָֽהּ׃be.to.Khahin [the] midst of itH8432 →

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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.’”Micah 7:11The day for rebuilding your walls will come—the day for extending your boundary.Ezekiel 38:11You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—Jeremiah 33:22As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”Isaiah 44:26who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’Zechariah 8:4–5This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.Isaiah 49:20Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’Zechariah 14:10–11All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.Ezekiel 36:10–11I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.Jeremiah 31:27“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.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.Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.Zechariah 14:10All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.Jeremiah 31:24And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,Jeremiah 33:10–13This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard againJeremiah 30:18–19This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.Jeremiah 31:38–40“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

About Zechariah

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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