Zechariah 9:17

For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

Cross-reference

Zechariah 9:15 also speaks of drinking wine and being full — a parallel image of abundance in the same restoration context.

Zechariah 10:7 describes hearts glad as with wine — a parallel theme of wine-induced joy within the same prophetic book.

Isaiah 62:9 Parallel

Isaiah 62:9 depicts people eating grain and drinking wine in praise — the joyful abundance from grain and wine echoed here.

Amos 9:14 Parallel

Amos 9:14 continues the restoration: planting vineyards and drinking wine, fulfilling the same promise of renewed blessing.

Amos 9:13 Parallel

Amos 9:13 describes such abundant harvests that plowing and reaping overlap, directly paralleling Zechariah's vision of grain and wine.

Joel 3:18 Parallel

Joel 3:18 depicts mountains dripping wine and hills flowing with milk, amplifying the same image of eschatological abundance.

Hosea 2:22 Parallel

Hosea 2:22 continues the promise: the earth yields grain, wine, and oil — the very blessings that cause flourishing here.

Isaiah 63:7 Parallel

Isaiah 63:7 recounts 'the great goodness' and steadfast love granted to Israel, the same divine goodness Zechariah praises.

Isaiah 62:8 Related theme

Isaiah 62:8 promises grain and wine will not be taken by enemies — the same divine provision for flourishing mentioned here.

Psalm 145:7 Parallel

Psalm 145:7 explicitly praises God's 'abundant goodness', directly mirroring Zechariah's celebration of God's great goodness.

Psalm 36:8 Parallel

Psalm 36:8 speaks of feasting on abundance and drinking God's delights, exactly the kind of grain and wine provision Zechariah 9:17 praises.

Exodus 33:19 Related theme

Exodus 33:19 reveals God's goodness to Moses, the very attribute Zechariah exclaims: 'how great is his goodness'.

Deuteronomy 26:11 Related theme

Deuteronomy 26:11 commands rejoicing in all the good the Lord gives, directly echoing the celebration of God's goodness and provision.

1 Kings 8:66 Related theme

1 Kings 8:66 describes people going home joyful for all the Lord's goodness, a direct parallel to praising God's goodness in Zechariah 9:17.

Amos 8:13 Contrast

Amos 8:13 depicts young men and women fainting from thirst — the opposite of the flourishing from grain and new wine promised here.

Psalm 34:8 Related theme

Psalm 34:8 invites tasting that the Lord is good — a direct affirmation of the same divine goodness celebrated in Zechariah 9:17.

Genesis 27:28 includes the identical pairing of grain and wine in Isaac's blessing, directly prefiguring Zechariah's language of abundance.

Isaiah 9:17 Contrast

Isaiah 9:17 states God does not rejoice over young men due to wickedness—a direct contrast to young men flourishing under God's goodness here.

Amos 8:11 Contrast

Contrast: Amos warns of a famine of God's word, while Zechariah promises physical abundance of grain and wine as a sign of God's goodness.

Psalm 31:19 Parallel

Psalm 31:19 celebrates God's abundant goodness stored up for his people—the beauty and grain/wine here reflect that abundance.

Isaiah 4:2 Parallel

Isaiah 4:2 speaks of the Branch being 'beautiful and glorious' and the fruit of the land—both eschatological beauty and produce parallel Zechariah's goodness and grain/wine.

Joel 2:26 Parallel

Joel 2:26 promises satisfaction and praise after restoration, echoing the abundant grain and wine that display God's goodness.

Psalm 65:13 Parallel

Psalm 65:13 describes grain covering the valleys and shouts of joy—mirroring the agricultural abundance and celebration in Zechariah's vision.

Isaiah 25:6 Parallel

Isaiah 25:6 promises a feast of rich food and aged wines—parallels the new wine and grain abundance in Zechariah's vision of blessing.

Jeremiah 33:11 Related theme

Jeremiah 33:11 rejoices in God's goodness and the voice of bridegroom and bride—parallels the joy and goodness here, with young men/women implied.

Isaiah 65:13 Related theme

Isaiah 65:13 promises God's servants will eat and drink and rejoice — similar blessing of abundance leading to joy.