Thus says Yahweh of Armies: “If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?” says Yahweh of Armies.
⛓ Read Zechariah 8 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion2
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'If it is marvelous (impossible) in the eyes of the remnant... should it also be marvelous in my eyes? says the LORD' contrasts human impossibility with divine ease, mirroring Luke's antithesis. The eschatological restoration context fits Luke's kingdom-entry theme. Medium volume.
Medium confidence'If it be marvelous... should it also be marvelous in mine eyes? saith the LORD' grounds the contrast between what is impossible for men and possible for God in the restoration promise.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant... should it also be marvelous in my eyes?' contrasts human limits with divine possibility in restoration. The reversal of what seems impossible to people coheres with Jesus' saying. Contested and low: thematic possibility-formula, no verbal lock.
Low confidence