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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Zechariah 8</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/zechariah/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//zechariah/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/zechariah/">Zechariah</a> > Zechariah 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zechariah/7.htm" title="Zechariah 7">◄</a> Zechariah 8 <a href="../zechariah/9.htm" title="Zechariah 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/zechariah/8.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/zechariah/8.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/zechariah/8.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/zechariah/8.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/zechariah/8.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/zechariah/8.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/zechariah/8.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Restoration of Jerusalem<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../micah/4.htm#6">Micah 4:6–13</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.” <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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.” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“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. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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.” <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“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 you are to love both truth and peace.” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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.’ <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/zechariah/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’<span class="thinq"> </span>”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>marvelous</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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