Zechariah 8

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1 And the word of the LORD of hosts came:
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I was jealous for Zion of great jealousy, and with great anger I was jealous for him.
3 Thus saith the Lord: I will return to Zion, and I will dwell in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts is a hill of holiness.
4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Again the old men and the old men shall sit in the streets in Jerusalem, each with a staff in his hand, from many days.
5 And the streets of this city are filled with boys and girls playing in the streets.
6th Thus saith the LORD of hosts: If it be seen in the eyes of the remnant nation marvelous in these days, is it also marvelous in My sight? Says the LORD of hosts.
7th Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the sun;
8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in Jerusalem, and shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in truth.

9 Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Strengthen your hands, those who hear these words now from the lips of the prophets who were at the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts to build the temple."
10 For before these days there was no retribution for man, nor retribution for the labor of animals; Neither to the departed nor to the coming there was no rest from the enemy; And I let every man enmity against the other.
eleven And now, for the remnant of this people, I am not the same as in the old days, says the Lord of hosts.
12 For the seed shall be in the world; The vine will yield its fruit, and the earth will give its products, and the heavens will give their dew, and I will give all this to the possession of the remaining people.
13 And it will be as you, the house of Judah and the house of Israel, have been a curse among the nations, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing; do not be afraid; Let your hands be strong!
14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; How I determined to punish you when your fathers provoked me to anger, says the Lord of hosts, and did not abolish,
15 So again I determined in these days to do good to Jerusalem and the house of Judah; do not be afraid!
16 These are the things that you must do: speak the truth to one another; In truth and peacefully judge at your gates.
17th Let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor, and do not love a false oath, for all this I hate, says the Lord.

18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me:
19 Thus says 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 made for the house of Judah with joy and merry triumph; Only love truth and peace.
20 Thus says the LORD of hosts: The nations and inhabitants of many cities will come again;
21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to the inhabitants of the other, and say: Let us go and pray to the face of the Lord, and seek the Lord of hosts; [And each] [will say]: I will go also.
22 And many nations and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and pray to the face of the Lord.
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from among all the nations of the nations of the tongue shall take hold, and take hold of the floor of Judah, and say, We will go with thee: for we have heard that God is with you.

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