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For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these blessings.
Zechariah 8:12 · New Living Translation
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  • WEB “For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
  • KJV For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  • BSB “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
  • NKJV ‘Forthe seed shall be prosperous, The vine shall give its fruit, The ground shall give her increase, And the heavens shall give their dew— I will cause the remnant of this people To possess all these.
  • NASB ‘For there will be the seed of peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the heavens will provide their dew; and I will give to the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.

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Quick answer

There will be peace, fruitful vines, productive ground, and dew from heaven, all given to the remnant. God will pour out agricultural and covenant blessing.

Overview

Reversing the curses of drought and failure (Haggai 1:10-11; Zechariah 8:10), God promises abundant harvests as a sign of restored favor. Such fruitfulness was a classic covenant blessing for obedience (Leviticus 26:4-5; Deuteronomy 28:11-12). The Lord gives these good things freely to His people as fruit of His grace.

Cross-references & the web

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  • Lev 26:4–5then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  • Deut 33:13About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,
  • Gen 27:28God give you of the dew of the sky, of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.
  • Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Hag 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
  • Joel 2:22Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
  • Ezek 36:30I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.
  • Zech 8:6Yahweh of Armies says: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Hag 1:10Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
  • Ezek 34:26–27I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  • Ps 67:6–7The earth has yielded its increase. God, even our own God, will bless us.
  • Amos 9:13–15“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.
  • Deut 28:4–12You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
  • Isa 61:7Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land, they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.
  • Hos 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.
  • Gen 26:12Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
  • Isa 30:23He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
  • Jas 3:18Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • 1 Cor 3:21Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,
  • Deut 33:28Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
  • Prov 3:9–10Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
  • Ezek 36:12Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more henceforth bereave them of children.
  • Mic 4:6–7“In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;
  • Prov 19:12The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
  • Obad 1:17–20But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
  • Hos 2:21–23It will happen in that day, I will respond,” says Yahweh, “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;
  • Deut 32:2My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
  • Ps 72:3The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

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Christ at the center

The Branch who is both priest and king, the shepherd struck and the flock scattered, the king coming humble on a donkey, the one they pierced, the fountain opened for sin — Zechariah is dense with Christ.

How Zechariah 8:12 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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