ASV_Strong : Zechariah 8
1. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] came to me[H559], saying,
2. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: I am jealous[H7065] for Zion[H6726] with great[H1419] jealousy[H7068], and I am jealous[H7065] for her with great[H1419] wrath[H2534].
3. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: I am returned[H7725] unto Zion[H6726], and will dwell[H7931] in the midst[H8432] of Jerusalem[H3389]: and Jerusalem[H3389] shall be called[H7121] The city[H5892] of truth[H571]; and the mountain[H2022] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], The holy[H6944] mountain[H2022].
4. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: There shall yet old men[H2205] and old women[H2205] dwell[H3427] in the streets[H7339] of Jerusalem[H3389], every man[H376] with his staff[H4938] in his hand[H3027] for very[H7230] age[H3117].
5. And the streets[H7339] of the city[H5892] shall be full[H4390] of boys[H3206] and girls[H3207] playing[H7832] in the streets thereof[H7339].
6. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: If it be marvellous[H6381] in the eyes[H5869] of the remnant[H7611] of this people[H5971] in those days[H3117], should it also be marvellous[H6381] in mine eyes[H5869]? saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
7. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: Behold[H3467], I will save my people[H5971] from the east[H4217] country[H776], and from the west[H3996] country[H776];
8. and I will bring[H935] them[H7931], and they shall dwell in the midst[H8432] of Jerusalem[H3389]; and they shall be my people[H5971], and I will be their God[H430], in truth[H571] and in righteousness[H6666].
9. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: Let your hands[H3027] be strong[H2388], ye that hear[H8085] in these days[H3117] these words[H1697] from the mouth[H6310] of the prophets[H5030] that were in the day[H3117] that the foundation[H3245] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] was laid[H3245], even the temple[H1964], that it might be built[H1129].
10. For before[H6440] those days[H3117] there was[H1961] no hire[H7939] for man[H120], nor any hire[H7939] for beast[H929]; neither was there any peace[H7965] to him that went out[H3318] or came in[H935], because of the adversary[H6862]: for I set[H7971] all men[H120] every one[H376] against his neighbor[H7453].
11. But now I will not be unto the remnant[H7611] of this people[H5971] as in the former[H7223] days[H3117], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
12. For there shall be the seed[H2233] of peace[H7965]; the vine[H1612] shall give[H5414] its fruit[H6529], and the ground[H776] shall give[H5414] its increase[H2981], and the heavens[H8064] shall give[H5414] their dew[H2919]; and I will cause the remnant[H7611] of this people[H5971] to inherit all these things[H5157].
13. And it shall come to pass that[H7045], as ye were a curse among the nations[H1471], O house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] and house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], so will I save[H3467] you[H1293], and ye shall be a blessing. Fear[H3372] not[H3027], but let your hands be strong[H2388].
14. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: As I thought[H2161] to do evil[H7489] unto you[H1], when your fathers provoked me to wrath[H7107], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and I repented not[H5162];
15. so again[H7725] have I thought[H2161] in these days[H3117] to do good[H3190] unto Jerusalem[H3389] and to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]: fear ye not[H3372].
16. These are the things[H1697] that ye shall do[H6213]: speak[H1696] ye every man[H376] the truth[H571] with his neighbor[H7453]; execute[H8199] the judgment[H4941] of truth[H571] and peace[H7965] in your gates[H8179];
17. and let none[H376] of you devise[H2803] evil[H7451] in your hearts[H3824] against his neighbor[H7453]; and love[H157] no false[H8267] oath[H7621]: for all these are things that I hate[H8130], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
18. And the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] came unto me[H559], saying,
19. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: The fast[H6685] of the fourth[H7243] month[H6685], and the fast of the fifth[H2549], and the fast[H6685] of the seventh[H7637], and the fast[H6685] of the tenth[H6224], shall be to the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] joy[H8342] and gladness[H8057], and cheerful[H2896] feasts[H4150]; therefore love[H157] truth[H571] and peace[H7965].
20. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: It shall yet come to pass[H935], that there shall come peoples[H5971], and the inhabitants[H3427] of many[H7227] cities[H5892];
21. and the inhabitants[H3427] of one[H259] city shall go[H1980] to another[H259], saying[H559], Let us go[H3212] speedily[H1980] to entreat[H2470] the favor[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068], and to seek[H1245] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: I will go also[H3212].
22. Yea[H7227], many peoples[H5971] and strong[H6099] nations[H1471] shall come[H935] to seek[H1245] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] in Jerusalem[H3389], and to entreat[H2470] the favor[H6440] of Jehovah[H3068].
23. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: In those days[H3117] it shall come to pass[H6235], that ten men[H582] shall take hold[H2388], out of all the languages[H3956] of the nations[H1471], they shall take hold[H2388] of the skirt[H3671] of him that is a Jew[H376], saying[H559], We will go[H3212] with you[H8085], for we have heard that God is with you[H430].
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