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Zechariah 8:21

Zechariah 8:21 is verse 21 of Zechariah chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, ‘Let’s go speedily to entreat the favor of Yahweh, and to seek Yahweh of Armies. I will go also.’

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Zechariah 8:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

20 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—

21 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.’

22 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”

23 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Psalms 122:2

Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

Psalms 122:3

Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

Psalms 122:4

where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Psalms 122:5

For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

Psalms 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Psalms 122:7

May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

Psalms 122:8

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Psalms 122:9

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Hosea 6:3

So 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.

Zechariah 7:2

Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD

Psalms 103:22

Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

Psalms 146:1

Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.

Psalms 146:2

I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

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