8Zechariah 8

1And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:Select Zechariah 8:1

2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have been jealous for Sion with a great jealousy, and with a great indignation have I been jealous for her.Select Zechariah 8:2

3Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I am returned to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called The city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, The sanctified mountain.Select Zechariah 8:3

4Thus saith the Lord of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem: and every man with his staff in his hand through multitude of days.Select Zechariah 8:4

5And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls, playing in the streets thereof.Select Zechariah 8:5

6Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If it seem hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days: shall it be hard in my eyes, saith the Lord of hosts?Select Zechariah 8:6

7Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will save my people from the land of the east, and from the land of the going down of the sun.Select Zechariah 8:7

8And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God in truth and in justice.Select Zechariah 8:8

9Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strengthened, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, in the day that the house of the Lord of hosts was founded, that the temple might be built.Select Zechariah 8:9

10For before those days there was no hire for men, neither was there hire for beasts, neither was there peace to him that came in, nor to him that went out, because of the tribulation: and I let all men go every one against his neighbour.Select Zechariah 8:10

11But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.Select Zechariah 8:11

12But there shall be the seed of peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the earth 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.Select Zechariah 8:12

13And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the Gentiles, O house of Juda, and house of Israel: so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, let your hands be strengthened.Select Zechariah 8:13

14For thus saith the Lord of hosts: As I purposed to afflict you, when your fathers had provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord,Select Zechariah 8:14

15And I had no mercy: so turning again I have thought in these days to do good to the house of Juda, and Jerusalem: fear not.Select Zechariah 8:15

16These then are the things, which you shall do: Speak ye truth every one to his neighbour; judge ye truth and judgment of peace in your gates.Select Zechariah 8:16

17And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his friend: and love not a false oath: for all these are the things that I hate, saith the Lord.Select Zechariah 8:17

18And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying:Select Zechariah 8:18

19Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Juda, joy, and gladness, and great solemnities: only love ye truth and peace.Select Zechariah 8:19

20Thus saith the Lord of hosts, until people come and dwell in many cities,Select Zechariah 8:20

21And the inhabitants go one to another, saying: Let us go, and entreat the face of the Lord, and let us seek the Lord of hosts: I also will go.Select Zechariah 8:21

22And many peoples, and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the face of the Lord.Select Zechariah 8:22

23Thus saith the Lord of hosts: In those days, wherein ten men of all languages of the Gentiles shall take hold, and shall hold fast the skirt of one that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.Select Zechariah 8:23