Zakharia 2:4
Konteks2:4 and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man 1 as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls 2 because of the multitude of people and animals there.
Zakharia 7:14
Konteks7:14 ‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful 3 land a waste.”
Zakharia 8:12
Konteks8:12 ‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies 4 will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.
[2:4] 1 sn That is, to Zechariah.
[2:4] 2 tn Heb “Jerusalem will dwell as open regions (פְּרָזוֹת, pÿrazot)”; cf. NAB “in open country”; CEV “won’t have any boundaries.” The population will be so large as to spill beyond the ancient and normal enclosures. The people need not fear, however, for the
[7:14] 3 tn Or “desirable”; traditionally “pleasant” (so many English versions; cf. TEV “This good land”).
[8:12] 4 tn Or “the heavens” (so KJV, NAB, NIV). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “skies” depending on the context.