Zechariah 8:1–17

Again the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,

²Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

^aI was jealous for Zion with great jealousy,

And I was jealous for her ^bwith great fury.

³Thus saith the Lord; ^cI am returned unto Zion,

And ^dwill dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:

And Jerusalem shall be called ^ea city of truth;

And ^fthe mountain of the Lord of hosts ^gthe holy mountain.

⁴Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

^hThere shall yet old men and old women dwell ⁱin the streets of Jerusalem,

And every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

⁵And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls

Playing in the streets thereof.

⁶Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

If it be marvellous in the eyes of ^kthe remnant of this people in these days,

^lShould it also be marvellous in my eyes? saith the Lord of hosts.

⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts;

Behold, ^mI will save my people ⁿfrom the east country,

And ⁿfrom the west country;

⁸And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem:

And ^othey shall be my people, and I will be their God,

^pIn truth and in righteousness.

⁹Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^qLet your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of ^rthe prophets, which were in ^sthe day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. ^10ssFor before these days there was no ^thire for man, nor any hire for beast; ^uneither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. ¹¹But now I will not be unto ^kthe residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts. ¹²For ^vthe seed shall be ^wprosperous; ^xthe vine shall give ^zher fruit, and ^ythe ground shall give her increase, and ^zthe heavens shall give their dew; and I will ^acause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. ¹³And it shall come to pass, that as ye were ^ba curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so ^cwill I save you, and ^dye shall be a blessing: ^efear not, but let ^fyour hands be strong. ¹⁴For thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^gAs I thought to punish you, when your fathers ^hprovoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, ⁱand I repented not: ^15gso again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: ^efear ye not. ¹⁶These are the things that ye shall do; ^jSpeak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of ^ktruth and ^kpeace ^lin your gates: ¹⁷and ^mlet none of you ⁿimagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and ^olove no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.