Dual Panel1Again the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> came [to me], saying <0559> (8800)_,
2Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; I was jealous <07065> (8765) for Zion <06726> with great <01419> jealousy <07068>_, and I was jealous <07065> (8765) for her with great <01419> fury <02534>_.
3Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_; I am returned <07725> (8804) unto Zion <06726>_, and will dwell <07931> (8804) in the midst <08432> of Jerusalem <03389>_: and Jerusalem <03389> shall be called <07121> (8738) a city <05892> of truth <0571>_; and the mountain <02022> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> the holy <06944> mountain <02022>_.
4Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; There shall yet old men <02205> and old women <02205> dwell <03427> (8799) in the streets <07339> of Jerusalem <03389>_, and every man <0376> with his staff <04938> in his hand <03027> for very <07230> age <03117>_. {very...: Heb. multitude of days}
5And the streets <07339> of the city <05892> shall be full <04390> (8735) of boys <03206> and girls <03207> playing <07832> (8764) in the streets <07339> thereof.
6Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; If it be marvellous <06381> (8735) in the eyes <05869> of the remnant <07611> of this people <05971> in these days <03117>_, should it also be marvellous <06381> (8735) in mine eyes <05869>_? saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {marvellous: or, hard, or, difficult}
7Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; Behold, I will save <03467> (8688) my people <05971> from the east <04217> country <0776>_, and from the west <03996> <08121> country <0776>_; {the west...: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun}
8And I will bring <0935> (8689) them, and they shall dwell <07931> (8804) in the midst <08432> of Jerusalem <03389>_: and they shall be my people <05971>_, and I will be their God <0430>_, in truth <0571> and in righteousness <06666>_.
9Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; Let your hands <03027> be strong <02388> (8799)_, ye that hear <08085> (8802) in these days <03117> these words <01697> by the mouth <06310> of the prophets <05030>_, which [were] in the day <03117> [that] the foundation <03245> (0) of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> was laid <03245> (8795)_, that the temple <01964> might be built <01129> (8736)_.
10For before <06440> these days <03117> there was <01961> (8738) no hire <07939> for man <0120>_, nor any hire <07939> for beast <0929>_; neither [was there any] peace <07965> to him that went out <03318> (8802) or came in <0935> (8802) because of the affliction <06862>_: for I set <07971> (8762) all men <0120> every one <0376> against his neighbour <07453>_. {there was...: or, the hire of man became nothing}
11But now I [will] not [be] unto the residue <07611> of this people <05971> as in the former <07223> days <03117>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
12For the seed <02233> [shall be] prosperous <07965>_; the vine <01612> shall give <05414> (8799) her fruit <06529>_, and the ground <0776> shall give <05414> (8799) her increase <02981>_, and the heavens <08064> shall give <05414> (8799) their dew <02919>_; and I will cause the remnant <07611> of this people <05971> to possess <05157> (8689) all these [things]. {prosperous: Heb. of peace}
13And it shall come to pass, [that] as ye were a curse <07045> among the heathen <01471>_, O house <01004> of Judah <03063>_, and house <01004> of Israel <03478>_; so will I save <03467> (8686) you, and ye shall be a blessing <01293>_: fear <03372> (8799) not, [but] let your hands <03027> be strong <02388> (8799)_.
14For thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; As I thought <02161> (8804) to punish <07489> (8687) you, when your fathers <01> provoked me to wrath <07107> (8687)_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, and I repented <05162> (8738) not:
15So again <07725> (8804) have I thought <02161> (8804) in these days <03117> to do well <03190> (8687) unto Jerusalem <03389> and to the house <01004> of Judah <03063>_: fear <03372> (8799) ye not.
16These [are] the things <01697> that ye shall do <06213> (8799)_; Speak <01696> (8761) ye every man <0376> the truth <0571> to his neighbour <07453>_; execute <08199> (8798) the judgment <04941> of truth <0571> and peace <07965> in your gates <08179>_: {execute...: Heb. judge truth, and the judgment of peace}
17And let none <0376> of you imagine <02803> (8799) evil <07451> in your hearts <03824> against his neighbour <07453>_; and love <0157> (8799) no false <08267> oath <07621>_: for all these [are things] that I hate <08130> (8804)_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_.
18And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> came unto me, saying <0559> (8800)_,
19Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; The fast <06685> of the fourth <07243> [month], and the fast <06685> of the fifth <02549>_, and the fast <06685> of the seventh <07637>_, and the fast <06685> of the tenth <06224>_, shall be to the house <01004> of Judah <03063> joy <08342> and gladness <08057>_, and cheerful <02896> feasts <04150>_; therefore love <0157> (8798) the truth <0571> and peace <07965>_. {feasts: or, solemn, or, set times}
20Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come <0935> (8799) people <05971>_, and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of many <07227> cities <05892>_:
21And the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of one <0259> [city] shall go <01980> (8804) to another <0259>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Let us go <03212> (8799) speedily <01980> (8800) to pray <02470> (8763) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_, and to seek <01245> (8763) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_: I will go <03212> (8799) also. {speedily: or, continually: Heb. going} {to pray...: Heb. to intreat the face of}
22Yea, many <07227> people <05971> and strong <06099> nations <01471> shall come <0935> (8804) to seek <01245> (8763) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> in Jerusalem <03389>_, and to pray <02470> (8763) before <06440> the LORD <03068>_. {to pray...: Heb. to intreat the face of}
23Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_; In those days <03117> [it shall come to pass], that ten <06235> men <0582> shall take hold <02388> (8686) out of all languages <03956> of the nations <01471>_, even shall take hold <02388> (8689) of the skirt <03671> of him that is a Jew <0376> <03064>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, We will go <03212> (8799) with you: for we have heard <08085> (8804) [that] God <0430> [is] with you.