Zechariah 8:12
Good News Translation
They will plant their crops in peace. Their vines will bear grapes, the earth will produce crops, and there will be plenty of rain. I will give all these blessings to the people of my nation who survive.

New Revised Standard Version
For there shall be a sowing of peace; the vine shall yield its fruit, the ground shall give its produce, and the skies shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, I will make sure that your crops are planted in peace and your vineyards are fruitful, that your fields are fertile, and the dew falls from the sky.

New American Bible
For there will be a sowing of peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its crops, and the heavens will yield their dew. I will give all these things to the remnant of this people to possess.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth 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.

the seed.

Genesis 26:12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

Leviticus 26:4,5 And the ground shall bring forth its increase: and the trees shall be filled with fruit. . . .

Deuteronomy 28:4-12 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep. . . .

Psalm 67:6,7 The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us, . . .

Proverbs 3:9,10 And thy barns shall be filled with abundance, and thy presses shall run over with wine. . . .

Isaiah 30:23 And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:

Ezekiel 34:26,27 And I will make them a blessing round about my hill: and I will send down the rain in its season, there shall be showers of blessing. . . .

Ezekiel 36:30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you bear no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

Hosea 2:21-23 And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth. . . .

Joel 2:22 Fear not, ye beasts of the fields: for the beautiful places of the wilderness are sprung, for the tree hath brought forth its fruit, the fig tree, and the vine have yielded their strength.

Amos 9:13-15 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all nations, because my name is invoked upon them: saith the Lord that doth these things. . . .

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed as yet sprung up? or hath the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree as yet flourished? from this day I will bless you.

prosperous.

Psalm 72:3 Let the mountains receive peace for the people: and the hills justice.

James 3:18 And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.

the heavens.

Genesis 27:28 God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

Deuteronomy 32:2 Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Deuteronomy 33:13,28 To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath. . . .

1 Kings 17:1 And Elias the Thesbite, of the inhabitants of Galaad, said to Achab: As the Lord liveth, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 19:12 As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

Hosea 14:5 I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

Haggai 1:10 Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:

the remnant.

Zechariah 8:6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days: shall it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of hosts?

Micah 4:6,7 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, for ever and ever. . . .

1 Corinthians 3:21 Let no man therefore glory in men.

to possess.

Isaiah 61:7 For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Ezekiel 36:12 And I will bring men upon you, my people Israel, and they shall possess thee for their inheritance: and thou shalt be their inheritance, and shalt no more henceforth be without them.

Obadiah 1:17 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

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Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Context
The Restoration of Jerusalem
11But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord of hosts. 12But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth 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.13And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the Gentiles, O house of Juda, and house of Israel: so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, let your hands be strengthened.…
Cross References
Genesis 27:28
God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

Leviticus 26:3
If you walk in my precepts, and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due seasons.

Deuteronomy 33:13
To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath.

Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew.

Psalm 67:6
The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us,

Psalm 85:12
For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

Isaiah 61:7
For your double confusion and shame, they shall praise their part: therefore shall they receive double in their land, everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Hosea 2:21
And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.

Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the dust that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Obadiah 1:17
For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.

Haggai 2:18
Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

Zechariah 8:11
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