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 also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
• Ps 18:32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
• Zech 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
• Ps 18:39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
• Ps 144:1Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
• Ps 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• 2 Cor 12:9–10And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Isa 28:6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
• Ps 20:6–7Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
• Isa 41:10–16Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Isa 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
• Judg 5:9My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
• Zech 10:6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
• Isa 29:10For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
• Isa 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
• Isa 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
• Ps 118:10–14All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
• Jer 30:21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
• Ps 68:34–35Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
• Zech 12:6In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
• Jer 33:26Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Ezek 45:8–9In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
• Isa 1:26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
• Isa 60:17For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

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