Zechariah

Zechariah 8:4–8

4This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. 5And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”

6This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossiblea in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.

7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. 8I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”

Footnotes

  • a 8:6 Or marvelous; twice in this verse

Read all of Zechariah 8

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Zechariah 8:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
This is whatכֹּ֤הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare
saysאָמַר֙’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Old menזְקֵנִ֣יםzə·qê·nîmAdjective - masculine pluralH2205 old
and old womenוּזְקֵנ֔וֹתū·zə·qê·nō·wṯConjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine pluralH2205 old
will againעֹ֤ד‘ōḏAdverbH5750 a going round, continuance
sitיֵֽשְׁבוּ֙yê·šə·ḇūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH3427 sit, remain, dwell
along the streetsבִּרְחֹב֖וֹתbir·ḥō·ḇō·wṯPreposition-b; Noun - masculine plural constructH7339 broad open place, plaza
of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םyə·rū·šā·limNoun - proper - feminine singularH3389 Jerusalem
eachוְאִ֧ישׁwə·’îšConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH376 man
with a staffמִשְׁעַנְתּ֛וֹmiš·‘an·tōwNoun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH4938 id.
in handבְּיָד֖וֹbə·yā·ḏōwPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singularH3027 hand
because ofמֵרֹ֥בmê·rōḇPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
great ageיָמִֽים׃yā·mîmNoun - masculine pluralH3117 day

Zechariah 8:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And the streetsוּרְחֹב֤וֹתū·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural constructH7339 broad open place, plaza
of the cityהָעִיר֙hā·‘îrArticle; Noun - feminine singularH5892 excitement
will be filledיִמָּ֣לְא֔וּyim·mā·lə·’ūVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH4390 be full, fill
with boysיְלָדִ֖יםyə·lā·ḏîmNoun - masculine pluralH3206 child, son, boy, youth
and girlsוִֽילָד֑וֹתwî·lā·ḏō·wṯConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine pluralH3207 girl, damsel
playingמְשַׂחֲקִ֖יםmə·śa·ḥă·qîmVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralH7832 laugh
thereבִּרְחֹֽבֹתֶֽיהָ׃סbir·ḥō·ḇō·ṯe·hāPreposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singularH7339 broad open place, plaza

Zechariah 8:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
This is whatכֹּ֤הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare
saysאָמַר֙’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Ifכִּ֣יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
is impossibleיִפָּלֵ֗אyip·pā·lêVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH6381 be surpassing, extraordinary
in the eyesבְּעֵינֵי֙bə·‘ê·nêPreposition-b; Noun - cdcH5869 eye
of the remnantשְׁאֵרִית֙šə·’ê·rîṯNoun - feminine singular constructH7611 rest, residue, remnant, remainder
of thisהַזֶּ֔הhaz·zehArticle; Pronoun - masculine singularH2088 this, that
peopleהָעָ֣םhā·‘āmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH5971 people
in theseהָהֵ֑םhā·hêmArticle; Pronoun - third person masculine pluralH1992 they, them
daysבַּיָּמִ֖יםbay·yā·mîmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH3117 day
should it alsoגַּם־gam-ConjunctionH1571 also, moreover, yea
be impossibleיִפָּלֵ֔אyip·pā·lêVerb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH6381 be surpassing, extraordinary
in My eyesבְּעֵינַי֙bə·‘ê·nayPreposition-b; Noun - cdc; first person common singularH5869 eye
declaresנְאֻ֖םnə·’umNoun - masculine singular constructH5002 utterance
the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָאֽוֹת׃פṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare

Zechariah 8:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
This is whatכֹּ֤הkōhAdverbH3541 thus, here
the LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
of Hostsצְבָא֔וֹתṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯNoun - common pluralH6635 army, war, warfare
saysאָמַר֙’ā·marVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
I will saveמוֹשִׁ֛יעַmō·wō·šî·a‘Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularH3467 deliver
My peopleעַמִּ֖י‘am·mîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH5971 people
from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץmê·’e·reṣPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
of the eastמִזְרָ֑חmiz·rāḥNoun - masculine singularH4217 place of sunrise, east
and from the landוּמֵאֶ֖רֶץū·mê·’e·reṣConjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
ofמְב֥וֹאmə·ḇō·wNoun - masculine singular constructH3996 entrance, a coming in, entering
the westהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃haš·šā·mešArticle; Noun - common singularH8121 sun

Zechariah 8:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
I will bring themוְהֵבֵאתִ֣יwə·hê·ḇê·ṯîConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
to dwellוְשָׁכְנ֖וּwə·šā·ḵə·nūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH7931 settle down, abide, dwell
inבְּת֣וֹךְbə·ṯō·wḵPreposition-b; Noun - masculine singular constructH8432 midst
Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םyə·rū·šā·limNoun - proper - feminine singularH3389 Jerusalem
where they will beוְהָיוּ־wə·hā·yū-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
Myלִ֣יlîPreposition; first person common singular
peopleלְעָ֗םlə·‘āmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH5971 people
and Iוַֽאֲנִי֙wa·’ă·nîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singularH589 I
will beאֶהְיֶ֤ה’eh·yehVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
theirלָהֶם֙lā·hemPreposition; third person masculine plural
faithfulבֶּאֱמֶ֖תbe·’ĕ·meṯPreposition-b; Noun - feminine singularH571 firmness, faithfulness, truth
and righteousוּבִצְדָקָֽה׃סū·ḇiṣ·ḏā·qāhConjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singularH6666 righteousness
Godלֵֽאלֹהִ֔יםlê·lō·hîmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine pluralH430 God

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Zechariah 8:4 Isaiah 65:20–22 · Job 42:17

Zechariah 8:5 Jeremiah 31:13 · Zechariah 2:4 · Jeremiah 30:19–20

Zechariah 8:6 Jeremiah 32:27 · Luke 18:27 · Luke 1:37 · Romans 4:20–21 · Numbers 11:22–23 · Luke 1:20 · 2 Kings 7:2 · Genesis 18:14 · Jeremiah 32:17 · Psalm 126:1–3 · Romans 6:19–21 · Psalm 118:23

Zechariah 8:7 Jeremiah 31:8 · Amos 9:14–15 · Malachi 1:11 · Isaiah 43:5–6 · Isaiah 27:12–13 · Isaiah 49:12

Zechariah 8:8 Ezekiel 36:28 · Ezekiel 11:20 · Jeremiah 31:33 · Revelation 21:3 · Jeremiah 4:2 · Revelation 21:7 · Zechariah 13:9 · 2 Corinthians 6:16–18 · Zephaniah 3:14–20 · Ezekiel 37:27 · Ezekiel 37:25 · Leviticus 26:12

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.