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Cry yet again, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Yahweh shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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A Promise of Overflowing Good
The prophecy is not merely for restoration, but for overwhelming abundance. Commentators explain that God's cities would "overflow with prosperity," meaning they would be so filled with material and spiritual blessings that they would seem to burst. This was a powerful promise of lavish provision to a people who had lost everything.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Cry yet - A further promise: not only would Jerusalem be rebuilt, but it would, as we say, overflow with good. God, who had seemed to cast o…
19th Century
Anglican
Be spread abroad — that is, be filled to overflowing; the Septuagint inserts, "And the angel that spoke in me said to me.…
16th Century
Protestant
I cannot finish today.
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Grant, Almighty God, that though we are continually tossed here and there by various trials, and Satan…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Cry yet, saying That is, "prophesy again", as the Targum paraphrases it; publish and declare openly before all:
The prophet saw a dark, shady grove, hidden by hills. This represented the low, melancholy condition of the Jewish church. A man like a warrior sat…
