Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “so now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. New Living Translation But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don’t be afraid. English Standard Version so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not. Berean Standard Bible “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. King James Bible So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. New King James Version So again in these days I am determined to do good To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear. New American Standard Bible so I have again determined in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! NASB 1995 so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! NASB 1977 so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! Legacy Standard Bible so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! Amplified Bible so I have again planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! Christian Standard Bible “so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid. Holman Christian Standard Bible so I have resolved again in these days to do what is good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid. American Standard Version so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. Aramaic Bible in Plain English So I have turned and I have intended in these days that I shall do good to Jerusalem and to those of the house of Yehuda; you shall not be afraid Brenton Septuagint Translation so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage. Contemporary English Version Now you no longer need to be afraid. I have decided to treat Jerusalem and Judah with kindness. Douay-Rheims Bible And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not. English Revised Version so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. GOD'S WORD® Translation So now I have again made plans, but this time to do good to Jerusalem and the people of Judah. Don't be afraid. Good News Translation But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid. International Standard Version so I have decided at this time to do good things for Jerusalem and for the house of Judah. So stop being afraid. JPS Tanakh 1917 so again do I purpose in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear ye not. Literal Standard Version So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, | To do good with Jerusalem, | And with the house of Judah—do not fear! Majority Standard Bible “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. New American Bible so again in these days I intend to favor Jerusalem and the house of Judah; do not fear! NET Bible so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah--do not fear! New Revised Standard Version so again I have purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; do not be afraid. New Heart English Bible so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not be afraid. Webster's Bible Translation So again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. World English Bible so again I have thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don’t be afraid. Young's Literal Translation So I have turned back, I have purposed, in these days, To do good with Jerusalem, And with the house of Judah -- fear not! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Restoration of Jerusalem…14For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts, 15“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. 16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,… Cross References Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 32:42 For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them. Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance--who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? Zechariah 8:13 As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong." Treasury of Scripture So again have I thought in these days to do well to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear you not. have. Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end… Jeremiah 32:42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. Micah 4:10-13 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies… fear. Zechariah 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. Isaiah 43:1,2 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine… Zephaniah 3:16,17 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack… Jump to Previous Afraid Children Determined Fear Good House Jerusalem Judah Purpose Purposed Thought TurnedJump to Next Afraid Children Determined Fear Good House Jerusalem Judah Purpose Purposed Thought TurnedZechariah 8 1. The restoration of Jerusalem.9. They are encouraged to build the temple by God's favor to them. 16. Good works are required of them. 18. Joy and blessing are promised. Verse 15. - So again have I thought, etc. The past chastisement, which happened as it was threatened, is a guarantee of the fulfilment of the promised blessing. But there is a condition to be observed, which is set forth in the two next verses. The LXX. has, "So have I ordered and purposed." In these special blessings Judah and Jerusalem alone were to share at the first; Israel's happy time (ver. 13) was to come later. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “soכֵּ֣ן (kên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus now הָאֵ֔לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those I have resolved זָמַ֙מְתִּי֙ (zā·mam·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 2161: To consider, purpose, devise to do good לְהֵיטִ֥יב (lə·hê·ṭîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing again שַׁ֤בְתִּי (šaḇ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel and וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case Judah. יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not be afraid. תִּירָֽאוּ׃ (tî·rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Links Zechariah 8:15 NIVZechariah 8:15 NLT Zechariah 8:15 ESV Zechariah 8:15 NASB Zechariah 8:15 KJV Zechariah 8:15 BibleApps.com Zechariah 8:15 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 8:15 Chinese Bible Zechariah 8:15 French Bible Zechariah 8:15 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Zechariah 8:15 So again have I thought in these (Zech. 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