Zechariah 8
1 Again the
word of the
LORD of
hosts came to me,
saying,
2 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; I was
jealous for
Zion with
great jealousy, and I was
jealous for her with
great fury. 3 Thus
saith the
LORD; I am
returned unto
Zion, and will
dwell in the
midst of
Jerusalem: and
Jerusalem shall be
called a
city of
truth; and the
mountain of the
LORD of
hosts the
holy mountain. 4 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; There shall yet old
men and old wo
men dwell in the
streets of
Jerusalem, and every
man with his
staff in his
hand for
very age. 5 And the
streets of the
city shall be
full of
boys and
girls playing in the
streets thereof.
6 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; If it be
marvellous in the
eyes of the
remnant of this
people in these
days, should it also be
marvellous in mine
eyes? saith the
LORD of
hosts. 7 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; Behold, I will
save my
people from the
east country, and from the
west country; 8 And 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
righteousness. 9 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; Let your
hands be
strong, ye that
hear in these
days these
words by the
mouth of the
prophets, which were in the
day that the
foundation of the
house of the
LORD of
hosts was
laid, that the
temple might be
built.
10 For
before these
days there
was no
hire for
man, nor any
hire for
beast; neither 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. 11 But now I will not be unto the
residue of this
people as in the
former days, saith the
LORD of
hosts. 12 For the
seed shall be
prosperous; the
vine shall
give her
fruit, and the
ground 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.
13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a
curse among the
heathen, O
house of
Judah, and
house of
Israel; so will I
save you, and ye shall be a
blessing: fear not, but let your
hands be
strong.
14 For thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; As I
thought to
punish you, when your
fathers provoked me to
wrath,
saith the
LORD of
hosts, and I
repented not:
15 So
again have I
thought in these
days to do
well unto
Jerusalem and to the
house of
Judah: fear ye not.
16 These are the
things that ye shall
do;
Speak ye every
man the
truth to his
neighbour; execute the
judgment of
truth and
peace in your
gates: 17 And let
none of you
imagine evil in your
hearts against his
neighbour; and
love no
false oath: for all these are things that I
hate,
saith the
LORD. 18 And the
word of the
LORD of
hosts came unto me,
saying,
19 Thus
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
Judah joy and
gladness, and
cheerful feasts; therefore
love the
truth and
peace. 20 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall
come people, and the
inhabitants of
many cities: 21 And the
inhabitants of
one city shall
go to
another, saying, Let us
go speedily to
pray before the
LORD, and to
seek the
LORD of
hosts: I will
go also.
22 Yea,
many people and
strong nations shall
come to
seek the
LORD of
hosts in
Jerusalem, and to
pray before the
LORD. 23 Thus
saith the
LORD of
hosts; In those
days it shall come to pass, that
ten men shall take
hold out of all
languages of the
nations, even shall take
hold of the
skirt of him that is a
Jew,
saying, We will
go with you: for we have
heard that
God is with you.