Zechariah 8:21

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“and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’”

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BSBPD

“and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Yea, gone have inhabitants of one To another, saying: We go diligently, To appease the face of Jehovah, To seek Jehovah of Hosts--I go, even I.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 8:21 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  2. Psalms 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
  3. Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
  4. Psalms 146:1Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
  5. Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
  7. Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  8. Zechariah 7:2Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
  9. John 1:37And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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