| Chapter
8 |
| 1 | Again
the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, |
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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. |
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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:
Eph 4:25
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| 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: |
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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. |
