Zechariah:8

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* Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me , saying , * Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy qin #ah #, and I was jealous for her with great fury . * 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 . * Thus 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 for very age . * And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof . * 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 . * Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; Behold , I will save my people from the east country , and from the west mabow # country ; * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days , saith the LORD of hosts . * 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 . * And it shall come to pass , that as ye were a curse among the heathen , O house of Judah , and house of Israel Yisra #el #; so will I save you , and ye shall be a blessing : fear not , but let your hands be strong . * For thus saith the LORD of hosts ; As I thought to punish you , when your fathers provoked me to wrath , saith the LORD of osts , and I repented not : * So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah : fear ye not . * 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 sha #ar #: * And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour ; and love no false oath sh @buw #ah #: for all these are things that I hate , saith the LORD . * And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me , saying , * Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; The fast of the fourth month , and the fast of the fifth , and the fast of the seventh sh @biy #iy #, and the fast of the tenth , shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness , and cheerful feasts mow #ed #; therefore love the truth and peace . * Thus saith the LORD of hosts ; It shall yet come to pass , that there shall come people , and the inhabitants of many cities : * 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 . * Yea , many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem , and to pray before the LORD . * 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 #H3064 , saying , We will go with you : for we have heard that God is with you .

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