{"book":"Zechariah","slug":"zechariah","ch":8,"genre":"prose","sub":"Zechariah","prev":"zechariah/7","next":"zechariah/9","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came [to me], saying:","f":[],"h":"The Restoration of Jerusalem","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"This is what the LORD says:“ I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts [will be called] the Holy Mountain.”","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ If [this] is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.","f":["Or marvelous; twice in this verse"],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"I will bring them {back} to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets [who were present] when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"“ For the seed [will be] prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people {I will give} all these things as an inheritance.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"For this is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"“ so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"“ This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth [months] will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love [both] truth and peace.”","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ Peoples will yet come — the residents of many cities —","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"and the residents of one city will go to another, saying:‘ Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"This is what the LORD of Hosts says:“ In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying,‘ Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}