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1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came ­to me, say­ing, 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jeal­ous for Zion with great jeal­ousy, and I was jeal­ous for her with great fury. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls play­ing in the streets there­of. 6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be mar­vel­lous in the eyes of the rem­nant of this peo­ple in these days, should it also be mar­vel­lous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Be­hold, I will save my peo­ple from the east coun­try, and from the west coun­try; 8 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. 9 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. 10 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 neigh­bour. 11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this peo­ple as in the for­mer days, saith the LORD of hosts. 12 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. 13 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. 14 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: 15 So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Ju­dah: fear ye not. 16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye ev­ery man the truth to his neigh­bour; ex­e­cute the judg­ment of truth and peace in your gates: 17 And let none of you imag­ine evil in your hearts against his neigh­bour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. 18 And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, say­ing, 19 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. 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet ­come to pass, that there shall come peo­ple, and the in­hab­i­tants of many cities: 21 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. 22 Yea, many peo­ple and strong na­tions shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray be­fore the LORD. 23 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.