Zechariah Chapter 8 verse 20 Holy Bible
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: `It shall' yet `come to pass', that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
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This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
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Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:
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Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Many peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come;
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Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet come do peoples, and inhabitants of many cities,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people; peoples. The sight of the prosperity of the Jews shall induce surrounding nations to join in the worship of Jehovah. The same truth is expressed in Psalm 126:1-3. Perowne thinks that vers. 20, 21 refer to the tribes of Israel; but it seems unnatural to suppose the prophet asserting that it will yet happen that Israelites will seek the Lord, when there is no reason to think that they had not done so in some fashion, or that they would need the previous deliberation mentioned in the next verse. Many cities. So the LXX. and Vulgate. Others translate, "great, or, populous cities;" but this is less suitable.
