CHAPTER 8
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“I am jealous
for Zion
with great
zeal;
I am jealous
for her
with great
fervor.”
This is what
the LORD
says:
“I will return
to
Zion
and dwell
in
Jerusalem.
Then Jerusalem
will be called
the City
of Truth,
and the mountain
of the LORD
of Hosts
will be called the Holy
Mountain.”
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“Old men
and old women
will again
sit
along the streets
of Jerusalem,
each
with a staff
in hand
because of
great age.
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“If
it is marvelous
in the eyes
of the remnant
of this
people
in those
days,
should it also
be marvelous
in My eyes?”
declares
the LORD
of Hosts.
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“I will save
My people
from the land
of the east
and the land
of the west.
I will bring
them back to live
in
Jerusalem,
where they will be
My
people,
and I
will be
their
faithful
and righteous
God.”
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“Let your hands
be strong,
you who now
hear
these
words
spoken
by the prophets
who were present when
the foundations were laid
to rebuild
the temple,
the house
of the LORD
of Hosts.
For
before
those
days
neither
man
nor
beast
received
wages,
nor was there
safety
from
the enemy
for anyone who came
or went,
for I had turned
every
man
against his neighbor.
But now
I
will not treat
the remnant
of this
people
as I did in the past,”
declares
the LORD
of Hosts.
“For
the seed
will be prosperous,
the vine
will yield
its fruit,
the ground
will yield
its produce,
and the skies
will give
their dew.
To the remnant
of this
people
I will give all
these things
as an inheritance.
As
you have been
a curse
among the nations,
O house
of Judah
and house
of Israel,
so
I will save
you,
and you will be
a blessing.
Do not
be afraid;
let your hands
be strong.”
For
this is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“Just as
I resolved
to bring disaster
upon you
when your fathers
provoked Me to anger,
and I did not
relent,”
says
the LORD
of Hosts,
These
are the things
you must do:
Speak
truth
to one
another,
render true
and sound
decisions
in your gates,
do not
plot
evil
in your hearts
against your neighbor,
and do not
love
perjury,
for
I hate
all
these things,”
declares
the LORD.
“This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
The fasts
of the fourth,
the fifth,
the seventh,
and
the tenth months
will become
times of joy
and gladness,
cheerful
feasts
for the house
of Judah.
Therefore love
truth
and peace."
and the residents
of one
city will go
to
another,
saying:
‘Let us go
at once to plead
before
the LORD
and to seek
the LORD
of Hosts.
I
myself
am going.’
And many
peoples
and strong
nations
will come
to seek
the LORD
of Hosts
in Jerusalem
and to plead
before
the LORD.”
This is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“In those
days
ten
men
from all nations
and
languages
will tightly
grasp
the robe
of a Jewish
man,
saying,
‘Let us go
with you,
for
we have heard
that God
is with you.'"