Zechariah 8:3

Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
returned	שַׁ֚בְתִּי Shav.ti	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
Zion	צִיּ֔וֹן tzi.Yon	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · proper noun, a place name
dwell	וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י ve.sha.khan.Ti	H7931	to reside or permanently stay (literally or figurativel… · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
midst	בְּת֣וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Jerusalem	יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
called	וְנִקְרְאָ֤ה ve.nik.re.'Ah	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
city	עִ֣יר 'Ir-	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · noun, common feminine singular construct
truth	הָֽאֱמֶ֔ת ha.'e.Met	H571	stability · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
mountain	וְהַר ve.har-	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֖וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
holy	הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ ha.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mountain	הַ֥ר har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · noun, common masculine singular construct

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Cross-references

Zechariah 1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line s…
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace a…
Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteou…
Isaiah 66:20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and up…
Jeremiah 30:10-11 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy see…
Jeremiah 31:23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I sh…
Jeremiah 33:16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our right…
Joel 3:17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:1-8

The prophet, in his foregoing discourses, had left his hearers under a high charge of guilt and a deep sense of wrath; he had left them in a melancholy view of the desolations of their pleasant land, which was the effect of their fathers' disobedience; but because he designed to bring them to repentance, not to drive them to despair, he here sets before them the great things God had in store for them, encouraging them hereby to hope that their case of conscience would shortly determine itself and that God's providence would as loudly call them to joy and gladness as ever it called them to fasting and mourning. It is here promised, I. That God will appear for Jerusalem, and will espouse and p…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 8:3

I am returned--that is, I am determined to return. My decree to that effect is gone forth. Jerusalem . . . city of truth--that is, faithful to her God, who is the God of truth (Isa 1:21, Isa 1:26; Joh 17:17). Never yet fully fulfilled, therefore still to be so. the mountain of the Lord-- (Isa 2:2-3). holy mountain-- (Jer 31:23).

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 8:3

I am returned unto Zion - I have restored her from her captivity. I will dwell among them. The temple shall be rebuilt, and so shall Jerusalem; and instead of being false, unholy, and profligate, it shall be the city of truth. and my holy mountain. Truth shall dwell in it.

John Gill on Zechariah 8:3

Thus saith the Lord, I am returned to Zion,.... The temple being now building, and almost finished, and the worship of God restored in it. The Targum renders it, "I will return to Zion"; and it may refer to the time of Christ's incarnation, when the Redeemer came to Zion, Isaiah 59:20 or to the time of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, of both which it is true; see Romans 11:26, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: or "cause my Shechinah to dwell there", as the Targum paraphrases it; which was fulfilled when the Word was made flesh, , "and dwelt" or "tabernacled" among the inhabitants of Judea and of Jerusalem, and taught his doctrines, and wrought his miracles, in the mids…

Dictionary and topics

Jerusalem · Called: City of truth — Called: City of truth
Titles And Names Of The Church · Holy mountain — Holy mountain

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Zechariah 8:3

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Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 8:3

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 8:3

John Gill on Zechariah 8:3

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Zechariah 8:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Zechariah 8:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Zechariah 8:3

Adam Clarke on Zechariah 8:3

John Gill on Zechariah 8:3

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Zechariah 8:3

Keil & Delitzsch on Zechariah 8:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Zechariah 8:3

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