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It will be known as the faithful city, and the hill of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty<a href="#fn" id="link_Zech.8.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will be called the sacred hill. </span><span class="v38_8_4"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.4" class="v38_8_4">4</span>Once again old men and women, so old that they use canes when they walk, will be sitting in the city squares. </span><span class="v38_8_5"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.5" class="v38_8_5">5</span>And the streets will again be full of boys and girls playing.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v38_8_6"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.6" class="v38_8_6">6</span>“This may seem impossible to those of the nation who are now left, but it's not impossible for me. </span><span class="v38_8_7"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.7" class="v38_8_7">7</span>I will rescue my people from the lands where they have been taken, </span><span class="v38_8_8"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.8" class="v38_8_8">8</span>and will bring them back from east and west to live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, ruling over them faithfully and justly.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v38_8_9"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.9" class="v38_8_9">9</span>“Have courage! You are now hearing the same words the prophets spoke at the time the foundation was being laid for rebuilding my Temple. </span><span class="v38_8_10"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.10" class="v38_8_10">10</span>Before that time no one could afford to hire either men or animals, and no one was safe from enemies. I turned people against one another. </span><span class="v38_8_11"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.11" class="v38_8_11">11</span>But now I am treating the survivors of this nation differently. </span><span class="v38_8_12"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.12" class="v38_8_12">12</span>They will plant their crops in peace. Their vines will bear grapes, the earth will produce crops, and there will be plenty of rain. I will give all these blessings to the people of my nation who survive. </span><span class="v38_8_13"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.13" class="v38_8_13">13</span>People of Judah and Israel! In the past foreigners have cursed one another by saying, ‘May the same disasters fall on you that fell on Judah and Israel!’ But I will save you, and then those foreigners will say to one another, ‘May you receive the same blessings that came to Judah and Israel!’ So have courage and don't be afraid.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v38_8_14"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.14" class="v38_8_14">14</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty says, “When your ancestors made me angry, I planned disaster for them and did not change my mind, but carried out my plans. </span><span class="v38_8_15"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.15" class="v38_8_15">15</span>But now I am planning to bless the people of Jerusalem and Judah. So don't be afraid. </span><span class="v38_8_16"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.16" class="v38_8_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Zech.8.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> These are the things you should do: Speak the truth to one another. In the courts give real justice—the kind that brings peace. </span><span class="v38_8_17"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.17" class="v38_8_17">17</span>Do not plan ways of harming one another. Do not give false testimony under oath. I hate lying, injustice, and violence.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v38_8_18"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.18" class="v38_8_18">18</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty gave this message to Zechariah: </span><span class="v38_8_19"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.19" class="v38_8_19">19</span>“The fasts held in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become festivals of joy and gladness for the people of Judah. You must love truth and peace.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v38_8_20"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.20" class="v38_8_20">20</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty says, “The time is coming when people from many<a href="#fn" id="link_Zech.8.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> cities will come to Jerusalem. </span><span class="v38_8_21"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.21" class="v38_8_21">21</span>Those from one city will say to those from another, ‘We are going to worship the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty and pray for his blessing. Come with us!’ </span><span class="v38_8_22"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.22" class="v38_8_22">22</span>Many<a href="#fn" id="link_Zech.8.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to worship the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty and to pray for his blessing. </span><span class="v38_8_23"><span class="reftext" id="Zech.8.23" class="v38_8_23">23</span>In those days ten foreigners will come to one Jew and say, ‘We want to share in your destiny, because we have heard that God is with you.’”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.3: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">hill of the <char style="nd">Lord</char> Almighty: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.20: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">many; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">great.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.22: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">many; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">great.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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