Zechariah 8:11
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Zechariah 8:11 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Zechariah 8:11 is a verse from the book of Zechariah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Zechariah 8:11 — KJV
“But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.”
— Zechariah 8:11 (KJV)
Zechariah 8:11 in Context — About the Book of Zechariah
Zechariah pairs night visions with Messianic precision — the king on a donkey, thirty pieces of silver, the pierced one, the fountain opened for sin. To discouraged builders his word still stands: not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.
Cross-References for Zechariah 8:11
“Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: from following: Heb. from after”
Shares key themes with Zechariah 8:11: now, people, saith
“Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: from following: Heb. from after”
Shares key themes with Zechariah 8:11: now, people, saith
“Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”
Shares key themes with Zechariah 8:11: people, days, saith
“Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.”
Shares key themes with Zechariah 8:11: residue, people, saith
“Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:”
Shares key themes with Zechariah 8:11: now, people, saith
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