Zechariah 9:17 (YLT)

Passage

For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins--make fruitful!

Nearby Context

Zechariah 9:15 Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.

Zechariah 9:16 And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

Zechariah 9:17 For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins--make fruitful!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "goodness", "beauty", "corn", "young", "wine", "virgins--make", and "fruitful". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "goodness" and "beauty", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And saved them hath Jehovah their God...", giving immediate footing for "goodness" and "beauty". In Zechariah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "goodness" and "beauty" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.