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Zechariah 8

The Coming Peace and Prosperity of Zion

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Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `I am  aexceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.'

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"Thus says the LORD, `I will return to Zion and will  adwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of  bTruth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.'

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, ` aOld men and old women will again sit in the  1streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of  2age.

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`And the  1streets of the city will be filled with  aboys and girls playing in its  1streets.'

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `If it is  1 atoo difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be  1 btoo difficult in My sight?' declares the LORD of hosts.

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the  1 aeast and from the land of the  2west;

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and I will  abring them back and they will  blive in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be  cMy people, and I will be their God in  1truth and righteousness.'

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `Let your hands be  astrong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the  bprophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built.

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`For before those days there was  ano wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no  1 bpeace because of  2his enemies, and I  cset all men one against another.

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`But now I will  anot  1treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,' declares the LORD of hosts.

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`For there will be  apeace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their  bdew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit  call these things.

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`It will come about that just as you were a  acurse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a  bblessing. Do not fear; let your  chands be strong.'

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"For thus says the LORD of hosts, `Just as I  apurposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says the LORD of hosts, `and I have not  brelented,

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so I have again purposed in these days to  ado good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.  bDo not fear!

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`These are the things which you should do: speak the  atruth to one another;  bjudge with truth and judgment for peace in your  1gates.

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`Also let none of you  adevise evil in your heart against another, and do not love  1 bperjury; for all these are what I  chate,' declares the LORD."

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Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `The fast of the  afourth, the fast of the  bfifth, the fast of the  cseventh and the fast of the  dtenth months will become  ejoy, gladness, and  1cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so  flove truth and peace.'

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `It will yet be that  apeoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.

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`The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, "Let us go at once to  aentreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts;  1I will also go."

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`So  amany peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to  bentreat the favor of the LORD.'

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, `In those days ten men from all the  1nations will  2 agrasp the  3garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.""'



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