Zechariah 1:17

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. By cities - shall yet be spread abroad - The whole land of Judea shall be inhabited, and the ruined cities restored.

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¹⁷ Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperityc shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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