Zechariah 12:5

Judah's leaders will recognize that Jerusalem's inhabitants are strong only because of the LORD their God. It matters because it locates all the people's strength in God, not themselves.

Cross-references · 24

• Joel 3:16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
• Ps 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
• Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
• Ps 18:39You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
• Ps 144:1Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
• Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
• Isa 28:6a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
• Ps 20:6–7Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
• Isa 41:10–16Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
• Isa 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Judg 5:9My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
• Zech 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
• Isa 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
• Isa 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• Isa 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
• Ps 118:10–14All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
• Jer 30:21Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
• Ps 68:34–35Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
• Zech 12:6On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
• Jer 33:26then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
• Ezek 45:8–9This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
• Isa 1:26I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
• Isa 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

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