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| [1]AGAIN the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
[1]And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying, |
| [2]Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am moved for Zion with great zeal. I am moved for her with great indignation. |
[2]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury. |
| [3]Thus says the LORD: I will be comforted in Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain. |
[3]Thus saith the Lord; I will return to Sion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain. |
| [4]Thus says the LORD of hosts: From henceforth old men and old women shall sit in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand because of his age. |
[4]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age. |
| [5]And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing. |
[5]And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. |
| [6]Thus says the LORD of hosts: If this thing is marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in my sight? says the LORD of hosts. |
[6]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in my sight? saith the Lord Almighty. |
| [7]Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country and from the west country; |
[7]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and the west country; |
| [8]And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in Jerusalem; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness |
[8]and I will bring them in, and cause them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness. |
| [9]Thus says the LORD of hosts: Let your hands be strong, all of you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were since the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. |
[9]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built. |
| [10]For before those days and before that time there was no wage for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in because of the oppressor; for behold, I incited all men every one against his neighbor. |
[10]For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour. |
| [11]But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in former days, says the LORD of hosts. |
[11]But now I will not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord Almighty. |
| [12]For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give its fruit and the ground shall yield its increase and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. |
[12]But I will shew peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people. |
| [13]And it shall come to pass that as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing; so let your hands be strong, fear not. |
[13]And it shall come to pass, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Juda, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: be of good courage, and strengthen your hands. |
| [14]For thus says the LORD of hosts: As I purposed to harm you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, says the LORD of hosts, and I did not relent; |
[14]For thus saith the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, saith the Lord Almighty, and I repented not: |
| [15]So again have I turned and thought in these days to do well to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not. |
[15]so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage. |
| [16]These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth every one to his neighbor; execute the truth, justice, and peace in your gates; |
[16]These are the things which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbour; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates: |
| [17]And let none of you devise evil in your heart against his neighbor; and love no false oaths; for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD of hosts |
[17]and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty. |
| [18]And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, |
[18]And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying, |
| [19]Thus says 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. |
[19]Thus saith the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Juda for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and ye shall rejoice; and love ye the truth and peace. |
| [20]Thus says the LORD of hosts: Henceforth there shall yet come people and the inhabitants of many cities; |
[20]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities; |
| [21]And the inhabitants of one city shall come to another, saying, Let us go and pray before the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will go also. |
[21]and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; 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. |
[22]And many peoples and many nations shall come to seek earnestly the face of the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem, and to obtain favour of the Lord. |
| [23]Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every language shall take hold of the skirt of a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you |
[23]Thus saith the Lord Almighty; In those days my word shall be fulfilled if ten men of all the languages of the nations should take hold—even take hold of the hem of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee; for we have heard that God is with you. |