Verse Lens · Context pointer
Zechariah 8:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
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Role in This Section
This verse introduces the sustained restoration answer with another word of the LORD of hosts.
Read It With
- Zechariah 8:1-8
Read Zechariah 8:1 with 8:1-8. This verse introduces the sustained restoration answer with another word of the LORD of hosts. The complete unit establishes this movement: The LORD's return makes Jerusalem a truthful and holy home where very old people and playing children share safe streets, scattered people are gathered, and covenant belonging is renewed in truth and righteousness.
Why It Needs Context
The complete movement in Zechariah 8:1-8 identifies the speaker, image, historical horizon, and outcome that give this line its force; isolated teaching would detach it from those controls.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Zechariah 8:1-8 — The LORD Returns to a City of Truth and LifeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Zechariah 8:1-8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Zechariah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, speaker changes, repeated formulas, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Zech.xml, 8:1-8
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