Zechariah 2:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah shall inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah hath inherited Judah, His portion on the holy ground, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Zechariah 2:12 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:5Now 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
- Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Psalms 82:8Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
- Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”
- Psalms 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- Isaiah 17:14In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.
- 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.
- 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.’”
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