Zechariah 8:14-23

English Standard Version

¹⁴ For thus says the Lord of hosts: ^(A)“As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, ¹⁵ so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; ^(B)fear not. ¹⁶ These are the things that you shall do: ^(C)Speak the truth to one another; ^(D)render in your gates judgments ^(E)that are true and make for peace; ^17 (F)do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and ^(G)love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

¹⁸ And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, ¹⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the ^(H)fourth month and the fast of the ^(I)fifth and the fast of the ^(J)seventh and the fast of the ^(K)tenth shall be to the house of Judah ^(L)seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love ^(M)truth and peace.

²⁰ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. ²¹ The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ^(N)‘Let us go at once ^(O)to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ ^22 (P)Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and ^(Q)to entreat the favor of the Lord. ²³ Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ^(R)ten men ^(S)from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for ^(T)we have heard that God is with you.’”