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Zechariah 9:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. "
Zechariah 9:17
Verse in Context
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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
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Zechariah 9:1
"The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD."
Zechariah 9:2
"And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise."
Zechariah 9:3
"And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets."
Zechariah 9:4
"Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire."
Zechariah 9:5
"Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited."
Zechariah 9:6
"And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines."
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