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Zechariah 8:12

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground 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.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Your seeds are going to thrive, your vines will be loaded with fruit, the ground will give you amazing harvests, and the sky will send down perfect dew. I'm making sure my people who are left get to enjoy all of this abundance.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God's promise: your season of lack is over, and abundance is coming your way.

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Listen up — God says there are amazing days coming when everything will be so abundant that farmers won't be able to keep up. The guy planting seeds will bump into the guy still harvesting because the crops are growing that fast. Even the mountains will be dripping with wine, and the hills will be flowing with sweetness.

The trees will be loaded with fruit, the ground will produce amazing harvests, and my people will feel completely secure in their own land. They'll finally understand that I really am the LORD when I break the chains that have been holding them back and rescue them from everyone who's been taking advantage of them.

All the Jewish people who had been scattered and forced to flee came back home to Judah. They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and when they got there, they had an amazing harvest — tons of wine and summer fruit.

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