Zechariah 8
8:1And came to pass the word of the lord almighty, saying,
8:2Thus says the lord almighty, I have been zealous for Jerusalem and Zion with a great zeal; even with great rage I have been zealous over her.
8:3Thus says the lord, I will return unto Zion, and I will encamp in the midst of Jerusalem. And Jerusalem will be called the true city, and the mountain of the lord almighty, the holy mountain.
8:4Thus says the lord almighty, Yet shall sit down older men and older women in the squares of Jerusalem, each having his cane in his hand because of a multitude of days.
8:5And the squares of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her squares.
8:6Thus says the lord almighty, Shall it be impossible in the presence of the remnant of this people in those days, no. Shall it be impossible also before me, says the lord almighty, no.
8:7Thus says the lord almighty, Behold, I shall deliver my people from the land of the east, and from the land of the west.
8:8And I will bring them, and they will encamp in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be to me for a people, and I will be to them for God, in truth and in righteousness.
8:9Thus says the lord almighty, Strengthen your hands, O ones hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, from which day the house of the lord almighty was founded, and from which day the temple was built.
8:10For before those days the wage of men will not be for profitability, and the wage of the cattle does not exist. And to the one going forth and to the one entering there will be no peace because of the affliction. And I shall send out all the men, each against his neighbor.
8:11And now, not according to the days prior will I do to the remnant of this people, says the lord almighty,
8:12but I will show peace; The grapevine shall give her fruit, and the earth will give her produce, and the heaven will give its dew; and I will allot to the remnants of my people all these things.
8:13And it will be in which manner you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah, and O O house of Israel; so shall I preserve you, and you will be a blessing. Be of courage and grow strong in your hands!
8:14For thus says the lord almighty, In which manner I consider to inflict evil on you in your fathers provoking me to anger, says the lord almighty, and I did not change my mind.
8:15So I was deployed and have considered in these days to do well for Jerusalem and the house of Judah -- be of courage!
8:16These are the matters which you shall do. Let each speak truth to his neighbor, and peaceable judgment, and judge righteously at your gates!
8:17And let each not consider evil against his neighbor in your hearts! And do not love a lying oath! For all these things I detested, says the lord almighty.
8:18And came to pass the word of the lord almighty to me, saying,
8:19Thus says the lord almighty, Fasting on the fourth month, and fasting on the fifth, and fasting on the seventh, and fasting on the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and gladness, and for good holiday feasts; and you shall be glad, and love truth and peace.
8:20Thus says the lord almighty, Still there shall come many peoples, and dwelling many cities.
8:21And shall come together ones dwelling cities to one city, saying, We should go to beseech the face of the lord, and to seek after the face of the lord almighty -- even I shall go.
8:22And there shall come many peoples and many nations to seek after the face of the lord almighty in Jerusalem, and to atone in front of the lord.
8:23Thus says the lord almighty, In those days ten men shall take hold of ones of all the languages of nations. And they shall take hold of the decorative hem of a Jewish man, saying, We shall go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.