Zechariah 8 · Verse 7

Zechariah 8:7

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
Zechariah 8:7, King James Version

Zechariah 8:7 in other translations

BSBThis 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.
WEBThe LORD of Armies says: “Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country.
ASVThus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
YLTThus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am saving My people from the land of the rising, And from the land of the going in, of the sun,
DARBYThus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country;
BBEThis is what the Lord of armies has said: See, I will be the saviour of my people from the east country, and from the west country;
WebsterThus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

What does Zechariah 8:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. save my people from ... east ... west--that is, from every region (compare Psa 50:1; the "West" is literally, "the going down of the sun") to which they are scattered; they are now found especially in countries west of Jerusalem. The dispersion under Nebuchadnezzar was only to the east, namely, to Babylonia. The restoration, including a spiritual return to God (Zec 8:8), here foretold, must therefore be still future (Is 11:11, 12; 43:5, 6; Eze 37:21; Am 9:14, 15; also Zec 13:9; Jr 30:22; 31:1, 33).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 I will save my people from the east country, and from the west - From every land in which any of them may be found. But these promises principally regard the Christian Church, or the bringing in the Jews with the fullness of the Gentiles.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Zechariah 8:1-8

The sins of Zion were her worst enemies. God will take away her sins, and then no other enemies shall hurt her. Those who profess religion must adorn their profession by godliness and honesty. When become a city of truth and a mountain of holiness, Jerusalem is peaceable and prosperous. Verses #(4-5), beautifully describe a state of great outward peace, attended with plenty, temperance, and contentment. The…

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Zechariah 8:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635
הִנְנִ֥יhi.Nihere IH2005
מוֹשִׁ֛יעַmo.Shi.a'[am] about to saveH3467
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַמִּ֖י'a.Mipeople myH5971
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִזְרָ֑חmiz.Rach[the] eastH4217
וּמֵאֶ֖רֶץu.me.'E.retzand from [the] land ofH776
מְב֥וֹאme.Vo'[the] setting ofH3996
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ\׃ha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121

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Cross references for Zechariah 8:7

  • Jeremiah 31:8

    Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

  • Isaiah 43:5-6

    Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

  • Isaiah 49:12

    Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

  • Isaiah 27:12-13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

  • Amos 9:14-15

    And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

  • Malachi 1:11

    For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Isaiah 11:11-16

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. …

  • Romans 11:25-27

    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

  • Psalms 107:2-3

    Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

  • Psalms 50:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

  • Hosea 11:10-11

    They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 37:19-25

    Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I.
Ps 107:2,3; Isa 11:11-16; 27:12,13; 43:5,6; 49:12; 59:19; 66:19,20
Jer 31:8; Eze 37:19-25; Ho 11:10,11; Am 9:14,15; Mal 1:11
Ro 11:25-27
west country. Heb. country of the going down of the sun.
Ps 50:1; 113:3

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Context

  • Zechariah 8:6

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Zechariah 8:7

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;

  • Zechariah 8:8

    And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

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Zechariah 8:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: He aquí, yo salvo mi pueblo de la tierra del oriente, y de la tierra donde se pone el sol;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Voici, je sauve mon peuple du pays du levant, et du pays du coucher du soleil,
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova der Heerscharen: Siehe, ich werde mein Volk retten aus dem Lande des Aufgangs und aus dem Lande des Untergangs der Sonne;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ecce ego salvabo populum meum de terra orientis et de terra occasus solis.