Zechariah 8
The Restoration of
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Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was
jealous for her with great fury.
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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.
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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.
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And the streets of the city shall be full
of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this
people in these days, should it also be marvelous in mine eyes?
saith the LORD of hosts.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and
from the west country;
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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.
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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.
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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 neighbor.
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But now I will not be unto
the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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so again have I thought in these days to
do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye
not.
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These are the things that ye shall
do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor; Eph. 4.25 execute the judgment of truth and peace in your
gates:
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and let none of you imagine evil in your
hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
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And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying,
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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.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to
pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many
cities:
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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.
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Yea, many people and strong nations shall
come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem,
and to pray before the LORD.
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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.
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