Zechariah 1:13

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“So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.”

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BSBPD

“So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah answered the angel that talked with me with good words, even comfortable words.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah answereth the messenger, who is speaking with me, good words, comfortable words.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Zechariah 1:13 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
  2. Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  3. Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  4. Jeremiah 31:3The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
  5. Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
  6. Zephaniah 3:14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
  7. Zechariah 1:9“What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”
  8. Zechariah 1:14Then the angel who was speaking with me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion,
  9. Zechariah 2:4and 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.
  10. Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
  11. Zechariah 8:2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
  12. Zechariah 8:19“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.”

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