Zechariah 7:2
7:2 Now the people of Bethel 1 had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech and their companions to seek the Lord’s favor
Zechariah 8:8
8:8 And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, 2 in truth and righteousness.’
Zechariah 10:9
10:9 Though I scatter 3 them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return.
Zechariah 11:3
11:3 Listen to the howling of shepherds,
because their magnificence has been destroyed.
Listen to the roaring of young lions,
because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated.
1 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
2 sn The affirmation They will be my people, and I will be their God speaks of covenant renewal, a restoration of the unbroken fellowship the Lord desired to have with his people but which their disloyalty had shattered. In the eschaton God and Israel will be in covenant union once again (cf. Jer 31:33).
3 tn Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand.